Manufacturing · Odoo glossary
Material Consumption
Material consumption records components used in manufacturing.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Material consumption records components used in manufacturing. Actual usage may differ from planned BoM quantities because of waste, substitution or process variation.
In Odoo
Odoo manufacturing orders contain component requirements and recorded consumption, with BoM settings controlling allowed flexibility. Actual quantities affect production cost; scrapped components should be recorded appropriately instead of hiding every loss inside the original recipe.
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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