Simplified landed cost in Odoo

Automating landed cost allocations in just three easy steps.

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Client Overview

Our client is a global trading and import company dealing in electronics and consumer goods. Each shipment involves multiple suppliers, carriers, and applicable customs duties. Although Odoo ERP was already in place, both the finance and supply chain teams faced difficulties in efficiently managing landed costs across thousands of SKUs every month.

Accurate landed cost calculations are critical for assessing product profitability. However, manual and complex workflows in traditional ERP systems often slow down operations, increase the risk of errors, and create frustration across teams.

Business Challenges

The client's RMA process was outdated and lacked proper integrations with partner workflows.

Manual Data Entry: Landed costs had to be recorded line by line for each product, which slowed down operations and diverted staff from higher-value tasks.

Complex Multi-step workflow : Allocating freight, duties, and insurance across products required multiple manual steps, causing delays in closing shipments and updating inventory valuations.

Lack of real-time visibility: Because costs were updated only after lengthy procedures and sales teams had no timely insight into true product margins, affecting pricing and purchasing decisions.

Error-prone calculations: With multiple suppliers, carriers, and currencies involved, manual cost distribution frequently introduced errors. As shipment volumes grew, the process became increasingly unsustainable and placed a heavy workload on finance and supply chain teams.

Our Solution – Simplifying Landed Costs in Odoo

We redesigned the landed cost process in Odoo, transforming it into a streamlined, automated, and user-friendly workflow.

Key Features Implemented:

3-Step Landed Cost Allocation

Step 1: Mark products as landed cost items
Step 2: Add landed cost items to purchase orders
Step 3: Apply and confirm landed costs

No More Manual Calculations

Automatic cost distribution across relevant products
Eliminates human error and ensures accuracy

Automated Workflows

Direct integration with purchase orders and inventory receipts
Landed costs applied in real time as goods are received

Profitability Insights

Real-time view of product costs, margins, and profitability
Smarter decision-making for procurement and pricing teams

Business Impact

80% faster landed cost processing: reduced from a complex multi-step task to just 3 steps

Improved accuracy: minimized human errors, ensuring true profitability reporting

Real-time profit visibility: procurement and sales teams instantly see updated costs and margins

Scalability seamless across warehouses, suppliers, and currencies

Employee satisfaction: significant reduction in workload for finance and supply chain teams

Managing multiple firms or entities doesn’t have to mean fragmented operations.

If your business is struggling with inefficient RMA processes or maybe delays in even having handling returns, or even the lack of partner cooperation, it's also time to upgrade your RMA system.

Let's just build a solution that also strengthens collaborations with your partners and improves customer satisfaction.