O2B Technologies implements Odoo ERP for US steel and metal service centers, distributors and structural and sheet metal fabricators.
Trace every coil, sheet and bar back to its heat number and MTR, quote by weight, and know exactly what is in the yard — including remnants — in one system.
Common Problems for Steel and Metal Companies |
How Odoo solves it |
|---|---|
| Customers ask for MTRs and nobody can find them fast | Heat and lot tracking: heat or lot numbers on every coil, sheet or bar, with the MTR attached to the lot |
| Pricing by weight, length and grade is done by hand | Units of measure: pounds, feet and pieces, with price lists by grade and size |
| Cut-to-length and processing orders get lost on the shop floor | Work orders: work orders for cutting, shearing or sawing, linked to the sales order |
| Remnants and drops pile up with no record | Remnants: remnants saved back to stock as their own lot and size |
| Scrap isn't tracked or sold properly | Scrap: scrap recorded per job and sold as its own product |
| Fabrication jobs run over budget | Job costing: material, labor and machine time per job |
| Yard and warehouse stock counts are wrong | Locations: locations by bay, rack and yard, with barcode labels |
| Steel prices change often and quotes go stale | Pricing: quote validity dates and quick price list updates |
Attach a heat or lot number and the mill test report to every coil, sheet or bar, so you can pull a certificate for any material you shipped in seconds.
Units of measure in pounds, feet and pieces, with price lists by grade and size, so quotes and invoices match how steel is actually sold.
Cutting, shearing and sawing work orders linked to the sales order, so processing jobs are scheduled and tracked on the shop floor.
Remnants saved back to stock as their own lot and size, and scrap recorded per job and sold as its own product.
Material, labor and machine time costed per job, so you know the margin on every fabrication or processing order.
Locations by bay, rack and yard, with barcode labels, so stock counts across the yard are accurate and you always know what is on hand.
Coils, sheets and bars sold and cut to order, with heat-number traceability and weight-based pricing.
Stock across several yards and warehouses, with customer pricing, EDI orders and dependable deliveries.
Fabrication jobs with material, labor and machine time costed per job, from quote to shipment.
Cut-to-length and processing orders, remnants and scrap tracked, and job status visible on the shop floor.
We do not have a public steel-specific case study yet, so we are sharing our closest manufacturing example and saying so honestly. We are happy to talk through metal and service center references on a call.
The problem: a discrete manufacturer managed its post-production workflow by hand. Work centers, subcomponent fabrication and trip-based dispatch were coordinated through spreadsheets and verbal check-ins, and there was no single view of where an order actually was.
What we set up: dedicated work center operations with defined routing, subcomponent production tied to the parts that need it, a verification step before manufacturing orders move on, and trip-wise tracking with a central production status view.
One result: orders follow a defined routing instead of assumptions, and anyone can see an order's status without walking the floor.
Read the Manufacturing Flow case studyO2B Technologies is a certified Odoo Partner. We implement Odoo for US steel and metal service centers, distributors and fabricators, and we map how you buy, cut and sell metal before we configure anything — heat numbers, units of measure, cut lists and yard locations included.
From heat-number and MTR traceability to weight-based pricing, remnant tracking and job costing, we set up the system around how a metal business actually runs, and we train your sales, warehouse and accounting teams on it.
O2B Technologies has a solution available for every Industry, addressing the specific needs and challenges faced by businesses within those sectors. See our work with Odoo for manufacturing, Wholesale Distribution, our Inventory and Quality solutions, and our Manufacturing Flow case study.
Yes. Odoo stores a heat or lot number on every coil, sheet, bar or remnant, and links the mill test report (MTR) to that lot, so a customer or auditor can pull the certificate for any material you shipped.
Yes. Odoo handles units of measure in pounds, feet and pieces with conversions, so you can quote and invoice by weight while stocking and picking by length or piece, with price lists by grade and size.
Yes. After a cut-to-length or processing order, the leftover drop is booked back into stock as its own lot with its own size and weight, so remnants stay visible and sellable instead of being written off.
Yes. Odoo collects the material, labor and machine time used on each job, so you can see the real cost and margin on every fabrication or processing order rather than a standard cost.
Yes. Price lists by grade and size can be updated quickly, and quotes carry validity dates, so a quote does not go stale when the mill price moves.
It depends on your locations, units of measure and integrations. A typical first phase, covering products, weight and length units, pricing, inventory and order processing, goes live in weeks; heat-number and MTR workflows, fabrication costing and integrations follow in later phases.