A Foundry ERP on Odoo 16 Community for Baroda Hi-Tech Alloys, With Heat-to-Part Traceability

Project at a glance

Multi-stage alloy casting (molding, pouring, heat treatment, NDT, machining) on Odoo 16 Community, with furnace heat numbers traced to every dispatched part, a metallurgy lab module and Material Test Reports generated in seconds.

Client

Baroda Hi-Tech Alloys

Industry

Manufacturing

Platform

Odoo 16 Community

Duration

12+ months, ongoing

Location

India

Services

Odoo Implementation, Odoo Development, Odoo Customization, Odoo Community, Odoo Support, Odoo Supply Chain

The challenge

Standard ERP has no concept of a foundry: heat requests and pouring plans, ten-plus production stages, chemical spectro analysis, mechanical lab tests, EN 10204 3.1/3.2 Material Test Reports, versioned container packing and pattern lifecycles. Hi-Tech Alloys needed all of it, with IP/MAC-level access control, on the open-source edition.

1. 01

   Ten-plus casting stages from molding to final inspection

2. 02

   Heat requests, pouring plans and furnace scheduling

3. 03

   Chemical spectro analysis and mechanical lab tests

4. 04

   EN 10204 3.1/3.2 Material Test Reports

5. 05

   Container packing versions for export shipping

6. 06

   Pattern lifecycle tracking

7. 07

   IP/MAC-level access control on the open-source edition

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The solution

We implemented Odoo 16 Community and built the foundry layer as a family of custom modules: casting master data (materials, ASTM standards, patterns, heat-treatment cycles), engineering and product catalog with drawings and revisions, sale orders with line-level casting specs, heat request and pouring management, multi-stage production workflows, heat-treatment batches, NDT tracking, a metallurgy lab module, automated MTR generation to PDF and Excel, non-conformance tracking, versioned container plans, a customer portal for order status and certificates, and an access layer with IP/MAC restrictions and role-based menus.

How we built it

• Implemented Odoo 16 Community tailored for foundry and alloy casting manufacturing.
• Developed Casting Master Data for materials, ASTM standards, patterns, heat treatment cycles, NDT tests, gauges, equipment, and lining.
• Built Casting Engineering and Product Catalog modules with drawing, revision, pattern, and net/gross weight specifications.
• Developed Casting Sale Order and Sale Order Line Item modules for line-level casting specs, pricing, and status tracking.
• Built Heat Request and Pouring Management for furnace allocation, heat number generation, and liquid metal charge planning.
• Implemented multi-stage Casting Production Workflows covering Molding, Pouring, Knockout, Fettling, Machining, and Finishing.
• Developed Heat Treatment Batch Management with furnace charging, cycle tracking, quenching, and tempering records.
• Built Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) tracking for UT, MT, PT, RT, and Visual inspections.
• Implemented Quality and Metallurgy Lab modules for chemical spectrometer composition logs and mechanical strength testing.
• Automated EN 10204 3.1 and 3.2 compliant Material Test Report (MTR) generation with PDF and Excel export capabilities.
• Built Rejection and Non-Conformance (NC) tracking to capture process defect history and corrective action descriptions.
• Developed Casting Container Plan and Container Plan History modules for versioned shipment batch packing lists.

Key capabilities

• Casting master data

  Materials, ASTM standards, patterns and heat-treatment cycles as structured records.

• Heat-to-part traceability

  Furnace heat numbers and chemical composition linked to every sale-order line and dispatched part.

• Multi-stage production

  Molding, knockout, fettling, heat treatment, NDT, machining, each stage tracked with status and history.

• Metallurgy lab

  Spectro and mechanical test logging with validation against the order specification.

• Certificates in seconds

  EN 10204 3.1/3.2 MTRs generated to PDF and Excel from the traced data.

• Customer portal and security

  Live order status and inspection certificates for customers. IP/MAC restrictions and role-based menus internally.

Integrations

• Spectrometer & lab test data
• QWeb / XlsxWriter report engines
• Customer portal

Custom development

What changed

• Complete heat-to-part traceability from furnace charge to dispatched component
• Material Test Report generation cut from hours to seconds
• Ten-plus casting stages tracked in one system
• Furnace scheduling and liquid-metal yield management optimized
• Customer portal for live order tracking and inspection certificates
• Enterprise-grade access control on the Community edition

What made this project different

• Specialized Odoo ERP solution engineered specifically for high-alloy steel casting and foundry manufacturing.
• Full heat-to-part traceability linking furnace heat requests, ladle pouring, and chemical composition to sales order lines.
• Integrated metallurgical testing laboratory module with automated EN 10204 3.1/3.2 MTR certificate generation.
• Granular multi-stage casting manufacturing tracking across Molding, Knockout, Fettling, Heat Treatment, NDT, and Machining.
• Versioned Container Planning system for batch shipping and export packaging management.
• Advanced enterprise security layer featuring IP/MAC filtering, browser access restrictions, and role-specific menu controls.

Technology

Odoo

Odoo 16 Community

Backend

Python · PostgreSQL

Frontend

JavaScript / OWL · XML / QWeb

Infrastructure

Docker · Linux

Integrations

Spectrometer and lab systems · QWeb / XlsxWriter report engines · Customer portal

Team

The expertise on the project, not personal profiles.

• Odoo Solution Architect
• Odoo Technical Lead
• Odoo Backend Developers
• Functional Consultant (Foundry & Metallurgy Domain Expert)
• QA Engineer
• Project Manager

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