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May 4, 2026
Odoo 19 Automatically Generates Counter-Documents When Your Companies Trade With Each Other
Odoo 19 overhauls inter-company transactions with automatic purchase order generation from sales orders, synchronized stock moves between entities, and configurable validation rules that eliminate duplicate data entry across multi-company databases.
Read articleMay 3, 2026
Odoo Payroll Now Calculates the True Cost of Every Employee in the UAE — Not Just Their Salary
Odoo adds a dedicated Employee Net Cost section to its UAE payroll localization that surfaces hidden indirect costs like DEWS contributions and social insurance, plus updated WPS export compliance with MoHRE-aligned formatting.
Read articleMay 3, 2026
Odoo 19.3 Merges Individual and Company Contacts Into a Single Form and Adds Five Navigation Views
Odoo 19.3 replaces the dual contact creation window with a unified form, adds DUNS number support, renames key buttons, introduces FACe delivery centers, and ships five dedicated views for managing contacts at scale.
Read articleMay 3, 2026
Odoo Flips Its Expense Reimbursement Workflow: Payslips First, Cash and Checks Second
Odoo restructures expense reimbursement to prioritize payslip-based processing over manual cash and check payments, adding individual and bulk payslip options with clearer status tracking and a cleaner payment registration interface.
Read articleMay 3, 2026
Odoo Inventory Now Enforces FEFO Removal With Mandatory Expiration Dates on Every Lot
Odoo 19.3 rewrites its expiration date handling to make removal dates mandatory when FEFO is enabled, integrates lot-level date tracking into receipt operations and quality checks, and adds a dedicated removal date column to the serial number list view.
Read articleMay 2, 2026
Odoo Reorganizes Its Calendar Module Around a New Configuration Overview and Shared Availability Slots
Odoo restructures its Calendar module documentation to reflect a new Configuration Overview panel, centralized alarm management, shared availability slots that work across multiple users, and a cleaner Outlook/Google sync setup.
Read articleMay 2, 2026
Odoo POS Adds a Kitchen Preparation Display That Shows Order Status Without a Printer
Odoo adds a Preparation Display feature to Point of Sale that shows kitchen and bar staff what to make on a live screen, with stage-based workflows, category filtering per display, and sound alerts for new orders.
Read articleMay 2, 2026
Odoo Manufacturing Tightens the Loop Between Work Orders, Shop Floor, and Serial Number Tracking
Odoo rewrites its manufacturing documentation to unify work orders, the Shop Floor module, and serial number propagation into a single coherent workflow — clarifying how components flow from BOM to finished product with full traceability.
Read articleMay 1, 2026
Odoo Rewrites Its Subcontracting Workflow From Scratch With Clearer BOM Rules and Resupply Logic
Odoo overhauls its subcontracting documentation with a restructured BOM configuration flow, explicit resupply-on-order automation, and a new dropship subcontracting option that ships components directly from vendors to subcontractors.
Read articleMay 1, 2026
Odoo Eliminates Individual Expense Processing and Makes Reports the Only Path Forward
Odoo restructures its Expenses module to require expense reports for all submissions — removing the ability to process individual expenses directly. Every expense now must be grouped into a report before it can be submitted for approval.
Read articleApril 30, 2026
Odoo Subscriptions Adds a Proper Close Workflow With Customer Portal Self-Service and Retention Logic
Odoo rebuilds its subscription close flow with a close reasons taxonomy, customer portal self-service cancellation, automatic close-date scheduling, and a dedicated Closed stage that preserves contract history instead of deleting records.
Read articleApril 30, 2026
Odoo Ships a Dedicated DHL Express Module That Separates Express From eCommerce Shipping
Odoo splits its DHL integration into two separate connectors — DHL Express for business shipments and DHL eCommerce for lightweight consumer parcels — each with its own module, credentials, and service level configuration.
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