In this chapter, we installed the Purchase application and set up a vendor to purchase products. Then, we successfully purchased products and received those products. In Odoo 12, Inventory is no longer included during the installation of Purchasing; therefore, we saw how a more simplified process for receiving goods is managed in Odoo 12. After our products were received, we proceeded to pay the vendor bill in order to complete the payment cycle.
In the following chapter, Chapter 5, Making Goods with Manufacturing, we will take the raw materials we have just received in our inventory, and use them to manufacture and deliver a finished product. We will create manufacturing orders to define the steps of the production process and allocate the required resources. Coordinating all of your resources, including machinery and manpower, can be a daunting and time-consuming task...