Invoicing

There are several approaches to manage customer invoicing. Sometimes it is seen as feature of finance system, as the payment monitoring aka accounts recievable management is clearly a financial department task. Sometimes creation the invoices is such complicated task that it is considered a ERP system core functionality. Or even a special application. Or maybe of all these. 

In case of Odoo the invoicing is an integrated application within the suite. The invoicing data can be usually automatically generated by documents in the database: sales and deliveries, project milestones, timesheets, repair work etc. Additionally it will also be linked to accounts receivable for finance.

As regards to vendor invoices the documents are linked to purchase orders, sometimes to projects or other internal cost objects (cost centers or investments). And are also relevant for finance in the accounts payable module. Odoo also supports recieving purchase invoices by email with workflow for approvals or even more automated processing options. We are happy to tell you more about these options!