Custom Odoo development

Odoo already solves much of what a company needs, and the first step is to make the most of it. Next come the products that already exist for Odoo, such as those of Nivolty, a company in our group, and custom development comes last. A module is justified when the gap analysis finds a need that Odoo covers neither with what it ships nor through configuration.

What it solves

What the operation needs and the standard does not ship: the business rules specific to the industry, integrations with the systems the company keeps and the processes no standard app covers. Without that development, that part of the operation stays in a spreadsheet next to the ERP, which is exactly what the implementation came to close.

Who it is for

Companies that implement or run Odoo Enterprise and have an industry-specific process the standard does not cover, or that need to connect Odoo with another system that stays. The decision to build comes out of the assessment: what Odoo solves through configuration comes first.

Who builds it

Quantum Garage, from start to finish. It assesses the operation, decides with the client what gets configured and what gets built, and whatever has to be built is designed and developed by its Fábrica de Disrupción (Disruption Factory), the company’s specialized development unit.

Its engineers work on the Quantum Reactor, Quantum Garage’s own development engine, powered by artificial intelligence: AI lives at the core of the engine, and the engineering team reviews and validates all the code before it is delivered. What the client receives is software that runs the business; artificial intelligence is the power source it is built with.

What gets built

Modules on the Odoo framework —Python, OWL and PostgreSQL— for whatever the operation needs beyond the standard. Every module is tested and validated before it reaches production.

What you get

The module running in the company’s Odoo, with a limited warranty on what is delivered and, under active maintenance, kept compatible with Odoo versions, as Quantum Garage’s terms and conditions describe.

Where it runs and what it needs at each upgrade

A custom module needs Odoo.sh or on-premise hosting, such as CloudCore, Nivolty’s hosting: according to the Odoo 20 documentation, Odoo Online does not accept custom code. And like all custom code, it is adapted before every version upgrade, because Odoo does not convert it on its own.

Where it matters most

In agribusiness, the group builds Agricore, an agribusiness ERP on Odoo Enterprise, together with D1 Smart Solutions, as one team. In manufacturing, each plant has its own way of producing and controlling quality, and a process of its own can ask for more than the standard ships.

The guides that explain it

The guide on Odoo Studio or custom development explains what each option solves and what it implies at upgrade time. The hosting guide explains where a module can run, and the Odoo 20 upgrade guide, what happens to custom code with each new version.