Energía PD manages large electrical projects with Odoo: better tracking and real-time information

Overview of Energía PD and electrical project management challenges

Energía PD is a company specializing in the design, construction, and maintenance of large-scale electrical systems, serving various industries. Each project is complex, involving multiple stakeholders, diverse materials, and strict time requirements.

Before implementing Odoo, Energía PD faced many typical challenges of project-based businesses:

• Scattered data: Project information was spread across Excel, emails, and legacy systems, making tracking and decision-making difficult
• Lack of visibility: Management couldn't see the overall progress, costs, and resources of all ongoing projects
• Manual tracking: Employees had to update progress manually, leading to errors and delayed information
• Coordination difficulties: Construction teams, procurement, and accounting didn't share real-time information

Solution: Odoo connects the entire project management process

Energía PD implemented Odoo with the Project, Purchase, Inventory, and Accounting modules to create a fully integrated project management system.

1. Centralized project management with Odoo Project

Instead of using Excel and emails, Energía PD uses Odoo Project to manage all projects from a single place. Each project has:

• Kanban board showing tasks by phase (planning, in progress, review, completed)
• Gantt chart for visual scheduling and resource allocation
• Integrated timesheets for employees to log time spent on each task
• Document management storing all related documents, drawings, and contracts

Result: Management can check the progress of any project in seconds, instead of asking each person individually.

2. Real-time tracking with dashboards

Odoo provides a consolidated dashboard allowing Energía PD to track:

• Completion progress of each project compared to the plan
• Actual costs compared to approved budgets
• Status of materials and equipment on-site
• Performance of each construction team

Information is automatically updated when employees complete tasks, log timesheets, or receive materials. No more waiting for weekly reports to know the situation.

3. Integrated procurement and inventory

Odoo's Purchase module helps Energía PD automate the material procurement process:

• Create purchase requests directly from project tasks
• Automatically send RFQs (Request for Quotation) to multiple suppliers
• Track orders from placement to delivery
• Integrate with Inventory to know exactly which materials have been received, are in transit, or need reordering

This helps minimize material shortages that delay progress while avoiding over-purchasing that causes waste.

4. Accurate project accounting

The Accounting module allows Energía PD to track costs and revenue for each project separately:

• Analytic accounts linked to each project for accurate cost allocation
• Automatically generate invoices based on completion progress or milestones
• Project-level P&L reports to evaluate business efficiency
• Integration with Purchase and Inventory for automatic cost recording

Results: Real-time visibility and faster decision-making

After implementing Odoo, Energía PD achieved significant improvements:

Metric	Before Odoo	After Odoo	Improvement
Project report preparation time	2-3 days	Real-time	Instant
Information accuracy	60-70%	95%+	35% increase
Inter-team coordination time	1-2 days	A few hours	80% reduction
Issue traceability	Difficult	Easy	Fully transparent

Lessons for project-based businesses

Energía PD's case study demonstrates the importance of having an integrated project management system, especially for businesses operating in construction and engineering. Key takeaways:

• Centralization: All project information must be in a single place, not scattered
• Real-time visibility: Management needs to see the actual situation, not reports from days ago
• Integration: Modules (Project, Purchase, Inventory, Accounting) must be connected to avoid duplicate data entry
• Mobile access: Field employees need to access the system from phones or tablets to update progress on-site

Conclusion

Energía PD has proven that Odoo is not only suitable for manufacturing and retail businesses but also highly effective for companies operating on a project basis. Real-time tracking capabilities and comprehensive integration help businesses make faster decisions, reduce operational costs, and improve service quality.

For Vietnamese businesses looking for an ERP solution for project operations, Odoo provides a flexible platform that can be customized to industry specifics, at a much more reasonable cost than traditional solutions.

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Source: Energía PD Manages Large Electrical Projects with Odoo — Odoo Blog, October 2026