Many pure players or companies investing in webportals to expand their ecosystem have built their backoffice directly into their website. Such technology choice has limitations when expanding operations. In this workshop, learn from several OpenERP projects conducted by Audaxis where OpenERP (Odoo) sits as the NEW backoffice of web platforms : from collaborative tasks management in a caritative association, to Magento integration with OpenERP at a mail-order selling player ; from centralized back office at a multi-channel SMB operating in telco, to multi-country backoffice at a pure player delivering HR services... Different situations but same challenge : Which architecture is best? How to optimize integration? How to set up a sustainable solution?

1. Odoo Open Days - 4th June 2014
ODOO ARCHITECTURE AND
READINESS FOR WEB INTEGRATION

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Who are we
 Odoo Gold Partner
 ERP & Web apps Experts
 100 people
 + 300 projects
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Challenges we meet
 Advise and assist :
 Companies who are moving toward a web based
business
 Web pure player companies for structuring the
development of their activities
 Architect :
Define the right level of integration betweeen Odoo and
a portal to secure the agility of the company
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Before starting…
 Already Web equiped or not ?
 Ecommerce pure player or expand your business to
ecommerce ?
 Specific business process ?
 Fast or progressive deployment ?
 High or Low volumes ?
 ….
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All elements to guide your choices

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Integration options
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CMS
Accounting
Back
Office
 Adding a CMS or a specialized
portal
 Which is the master, which is the
slave ?
 IS built around the specialized
business application
 How to redefine IS ?
Portal integration Web pure player

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EVERY PROJECT IS
DIFFERENT

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Case 1 : Best of breed
Context :
 SMB - Trading of kitchen utensils
 Multi sales chanels : Mail order selling, B2B, POS and
ecommerce (new)
 High volumes : 200.000 orders /year
Issues :
 Odoo as a growth driver to federate sales chanels
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Case 1 : Best of breed
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Magento CMS
Odoo
Reflex WMS
High integration
AS400 System
MS Commerce
Server

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Case 2 : Fully integrated
Context :
 SMB, Leather goods
 Medium volume
Issues :
 Move progressively to a fully integrated solution
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Case 2 : Fully integrated
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CMS /
eBusiness
Odoo
Sage WMS
Only
Odoo
Sage
CMS
In the futureNow

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Case 3 : Pure player
Context :
 Pure player – HR Services B2B and B2C
 No ERP structured IS = everything in the portal
 Eg: customer – contract: 1 table
Constraints :
 Specific information system : Portal = Core
business
 Back Office management should not be an
obstacle to the improvement of core business
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Case 3 : Pure player
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One integrated
system
but not completed
Odoo
Website
Disconnection between BO and CMS
Each system has his own enhancement /
improvement
Website Website Website

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Case 4 : Start up
New banking activities:
 Installation of interactive terminal in shops
 Sales/Distribution of credit cards
Constraints: highly regulated business
 Interoperability with banking system
 Security
 Logistic
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Case 4 : Start up
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Specific Web portal
OdooNothing !
Regulated
Accounting System

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Case 5 : Collaborative web portal
Context :
 Charity NGO with large volonteers network
 Need for collaboration tools
Constraints :
 High ergonomy / min. pertubation for users habits
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Case 5 : Collaborative web portal
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Specific Web portal
Odoo
Nothing ! Ergonomy

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Adress the good issues
 Objectives:
From a business ASIS  TOBE landscape
to an ASIS  TOBE IS Architecture
 Adresse the following:
 How many applications?
 How many databases?
 Master / Slave by objects replicated?
 Web service or interface?
 Phased or Big Bang approach
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Conclusion
Odoo can adapt to any situation :
 Full integration
 Integration with best of breed
 Integration with specific web portals
 Progressive integration
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20. Contact us :
odoo@audaxis.com
www.audaxis.com
Thank you20