Odoo RFID integration · Built by NavyBits
Odoo RFID integration that counts a whole shelf in one pass.
An Odoo RFID integration connects your RFID tags, readers and printers to Odoo Inventory, so your team can receive, move and count stock by reading many items at once. Odoo's own RFID support works with one reader model and one tag format, so most businesses need a custom module. We've built them for a jewelry group in Saudi Arabia and for Promod's stores in Lebanon.
What Odoo does with a read.
- Each tag code matched to a product or serial number
- Quantities checked against the receipt or the count
- Missing and extra items listed before you validate
- Stock moved through standard Odoo operations
Your stock rules, valuation and reports stay as they are
What RFID changes compared with barcodes.
Your Odoo stock doesn't change. What changes is how fast and how often your team can check it.
You read a whole box at once.
A barcode scanner has to see each label, one at a time. An RFID reader picks up every tag in range, through cartons and bags, so a full delivery or a rail of garments is read in a single pass.
Every piece can have its own code.
Each tag carries a unique code (an EPC). Odoo can then tell you which ring or which jacket is where, as well as how many of each product you hold.
Counting stops being a yearly event.
Walking a store with a handheld reader takes a fraction of the time of a barcode count, so you can count every week and catch shrinkage and wrong stock levels while they are still small.
Reads are fast, but they aren't perfect.
Metal, liquids and tags packed tightly together can hide a few items from the reader, and every item still needs a tag. A good setup plans for this with the right tags, the right reader positions and a clear rule for items that don't answer.
How RFID works with Odoo.
Three things have to be settled before anyone buys hardware: how a tag code becomes a product, which devices produce the reads, and which stock operations use them.
The tag code
Each UHF tag holds a code. Tags printed to the GS1 standard (SGTIN) carry the product's barcode and a serial number, so Odoo can work out the product from the code itself. Tags that come with other codes are linked to a product, or stored as a piece's serial number in Odoo.
The readers
Handheld readers send their reads to a phone or tablet over Bluetooth, or type them in like a keyboard over USB or Bluetooth. Desktop readers sit at a counter for one piece at a time. Fixed readers and gates at a door or a loading dock read whatever passes, with nobody pressing a button.
The operations
Receipts, internal transfers, inventory counts and deliveries. The reads fill in quantities on the standard Odoo operation, and Odoo shows what is missing or extra before anyone validates it.
What Odoo does on its own
Since Odoo 18, the Barcode app can read RFID through Odoo's Android app and one Zebra handheld reader. It accepts UHF tags in a single GS1 format with numeric serial numbers. Other readers, tag printers, fixed gates and your own tag codes need a custom module, and that's the part we build.
What we can build with RFID in Odoo.
A typical setup for each, adjusted to your stock, your stores and the hardware you choose.
Retail receiving and store counts
Read a whole delivery against the purchase order, then count the shop floor and the stockroom with a handheld reader. Garments that arrive already tagged by the brand can be read as they are. Odoo for retail →
Warehouse transfers and cycle counts
Check a pallet or a tote as it moves between locations, and run cycle counts on one aisle at a time without stopping the warehouse.
Jewelry tagged per piece
A small UHF jewelry tag on every piece, printed in-house, with its weight, purity and price on the piece's record in Odoo. A tray or a display case is counted in seconds. Gold Manufacturing →
Jewelry repair and after-sales
Every piece a client leaves for repair is traced from the boutique to the service center and back. See how it works ↓
Deliveries and dispatch checks
Read a packed order before it leaves, so a missing or wrong item is caught at your door rather than the customer's.
Asset tracking
Tag tools, equipment, laptops or display stands, and see in Odoo where each one is and who has it.
Jewelry repairs, traced from the boutique and back.
A typical setup we can build on Odoo Repairs, Inventory and Barcode, for jewelers who send client pieces to a workshop or a third-party service center.
Intake at the boutique
The piece gets an RFID tag, and its tag code becomes the piece's serial number in Odoo. The repair order holds photos of the piece and the client's signature.
A scan at every stage
Intake, sent to the service center, received there, repaired, back at the boutique, handed over. Each stage is one read, and the repair order shows where the piece is right now.
Alerts for pieces in transit
If a piece isn't scanned at its next stop within the time you agree with the service center, Odoo alerts the boutique manager.
Counts checked on receipt
When a bag of repairs arrives, one read shows whether everything that was sent is there. Any mismatch is flagged on the spot.
Service centers outside Odoo
A service center that doesn't use Odoo gets a simple page to confirm what it received and what it sent back.
Handover to the client
The client signs on collection, and the piece keeps its full history in Odoo for the next visit.
How an RFID project runs.
Each step ends with something you can see and approve before the next one starts.
Assessment
We map your stock flows, check your tags and any hardware you already own, and agree on which operations will use RFID. Typical assessment: around $3,000.
output: assessment reportHardware choice
We choose tags, readers and printers with you, for your products and your floor. Existing devices stay when they can be connected.
output: hardware listOdoo module
We build and test the module that links your devices to Odoo's stock operations.
output: your RFID modulePilot store
One store or one warehouse runs on RFID first, and we adjust tags, reader positions and steps with the people who use them.
output: a tested setupRollout
The other locations follow, with training for each team and support after go-live.
output: RFID in every locationChoosing RFID hardware.
We don't sell hardware. We help you choose it and connect it to Odoo.
Start from what you already own.
Printers and readers you already use can often be connected to Odoo. That's how the Saudi jewelry group kept its equipment.
Pick the tag for the item.
Hang tags or labels for garments, small loop or dumbbell tags for rings and necklaces, and on-metal tags for tools and equipment. Metal is hard on RFID, so jewelry and assets need tags made for it.
Match the reader to the job.
Handheld readers for counts and receiving, a desktop reader at a counter or a repair desk, and fixed readers or gates at a door or dock.
Test on your own floor first.
Display cases, metal shelving and crowded rails all change how well tags read. A short test in one store before you buy for all of them saves money.
Questions about RFID and Odoo.
If yours isn't here, bring it to the call.
Does Odoo support RFID out of the box?
Partly. Since Odoo 18, the Barcode app can read and write UHF tags through Odoo's Android app and one Zebra handheld reader, with tags in the GS1 SGTIN-96 format and numeric serial numbers. Other readers, tag printers, fixed gates, desktop readers or tags with your own codes need a custom module.
Which Odoo version and edition do we need?
Odoo's built-in RFID features need Odoo 18 or later, including the current Odoo 20, and the Barcode app, which is part of Odoo Enterprise. On the call we look at the version you run and what your setup needs.
Can we keep the RFID printer and readers we already have?
Often, yes. For a jewelry group in Saudi Arabia we connected Odoo to its existing tag printer and to its Bluetooth and desktop readers. The assessment confirms what your devices can do.
How accurate is an RFID count?
Much faster and more complete than counting barcodes by hand, but not perfect. Metal, liquids and tags packed tightly together can hide items, so we plan tags and reader positions around your products and test them in a pilot store first.
How much does an Odoo RFID integration cost?
Every project starts with an assessment, which costs around $3,000 for a typical project. After it we send a quote for the module and the rollout. Tags and readers are a separate cost that depends on how many items and locations you have.
Who supports it after go-live?
We do. We train each team, maintain the module through Odoo upgrades and help when a reader or a process needs changing. See Odoo support.
Talk to us about
RFID on your Odoo.
Tell us what you stock, how you count it today and what hardware you have. In 30 minutes you'll know what an RFID setup would look like for you.
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