{"id":1723,"date":"2019-06-06T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T06:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tenthplanet.in\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:14:20","slug":"try-odoo-erps-multi-company-feature-to-grow-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/try-odoo-erps-multi-company-feature-to-grow-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Odoo ERP&#8217;s Multi-Company feature to grow your business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odoo ERP&#8217;s Multi-Company environment comes of help for small companies as well as the multinational companies. In order to maintain the business, <a href=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/\">Odoo<\/a> provides a solution by managing the intercompany feature, which will aid to buy or sell products and services between the different branches within your company.<\/p>\n<p>By setting up the multi-companies every details such as maintaining the Users, Chart of Accounts, warehouses according to the inter companies is now possible.<\/p>\n<p>Rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/product\/modules\/sales-management\/\">Sales<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/product\/modules\/purchase\/\">Purchase<\/a> order can also be maintained and if a purchase or sales order is created for a particular group, the corresponding document is automatically generated for the respective company.<\/p>\n<h2>Setting up the Multi-Companies<\/h2>\n<p>To set up the Multi-Companies, Go to Settings module and select General Settings. Under the Multi-Companies tab, the Companies and the respective rules can be added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1724\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1187\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img1.png 1187w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img1-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img1-1024x196.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img1-768x147.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New companies can be created by clicking the Companies button. This allows you to create a new intercompany.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1726\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1369\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img2.png 1369w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img2-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img2-768x401.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the companies are set, the Inter Company Flows can be added. This gives two options, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To synchronize the Sales and Purchase order<\/li>\n<li>Synchronize Invoices and Bills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When synchronization is done for the sales and purchase order, rules can be set for the same by mentioning the respective companies.<\/p>\n<p>The rules have to saved for proper functioning of the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1727\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img3.png 543w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img3-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>User Settings<\/h3>\n<p>In order to make a user access multiple companies, the Multi Companies checkbox has to be checked for that user.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1728\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img4.png 971w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img4-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img4-768x74.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A user can be given the access to handle multiple companies. The company for which the user is allowed to access, and the current company, must also be mentioned for the user.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1729\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_IMG5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_IMG5.png 1142w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_IMG5-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_IMG5-1024x112.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_IMG5-768x84.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The users will be allowed to handle the corresponding companies that is mentioned in the above settings.<\/p>\n<h3>Chart of Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>The chart of accounts can also be maintained separately for every company. In order to do this, go to Accounting module and under Configuration menu, the Chart of Accounts can be added<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1730\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1374\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img6.png 1374w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img6-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img6-1024x326.png 1024w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/06\/Odoo_Multi-Companies_img6-768x245.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1374px) 100vw, 1374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The default taxes and the type of account can be mentioned for the Company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odoo ERP&#8217;s Multi-Company environment comes of help for small companies as well as the multi national companies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[128,129,23],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-odoo","tag-inter-company","tag-multi-companies-using-odoo-erp","tag-odoo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}