Procurement · Odoo glossary
Contract Management
Contract management controls the creation, approval, validity and obligations of business agreements.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Contract management controls the creation, approval, validity and obligations of business agreements. A signed document, a purchase commitment and a recurring commercial arrangement are different records.
In Odoo
In purchasing, Odoo blanket orders capture supplier agreements and their validity for subsequent RFQs. Documents and Sign can support contract files and signing; these tools should not be presented as a universal legal-contract lifecycle engine.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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