/odoo-erp/point-of-sale
Odoo POS — what it does, and where teams get it wrong.
Retail and restaurant point of sale on the same stock and accounts as the rest of the business. It runs offline by design — which is a feature, and a set of decisions.
/what-it-covers
What it covers
- Browser-based POS that keeps trading without a connection
- Retail and restaurant modes, including tables, courses and split bills
- Real stock deduction against the same inventory as everything else
- Multiple payment methods, with cash, card and vouchers reconciled
- Session opening and closing with cash control
- Customer accounts, loyalty and gift cards
- Receipt and kitchen printing, plus scales and cash drawers
- Per-outlet and consolidated reporting from one dataset
/who-its-for
Who it's for
Restaurant groups
needing table management and kitchen printing without a separate system to reconcile.
Businesses with a shop attached
to a wholesale or manufacturing operation, where the same stock is sold two ways.
/what-it-connects-to
What it connects to inside Odoo
- Inventory (real-time stock)
- Accounting (daily posting)
- Sales (customer accounts)
- CRM (loyalty)
- Purchase (outlet replenishment)
- Restaurant floor and kitchen (Enterprise)
/customisations
Customisations we're asked for
usually justified
Custom receipt layouts
Usually a template. Receipts carry legal requirements that vary by jurisdiction.
sometimes
Custom loyalty schemes
Odoo's loyalty and promotion engine covers more than expected; worth exhausting it before building.
frequently necessary
Local payment terminal integration
Outside the natively supported providers, and one of the few POS customisations that's genuinely unavoidable.
rarely justified
Bespoke till interfaces
The standard interface is fast and staff learn it quickly. A custom till is a permanent maintenance obligation on the part of the system that must never be down.
/proof
Proof
A homeware and HORECA distributor running retail alongside wholesale from the same stock. Separate POS configurations per outlet, and a closing procedure agreed with outlet managers before go-live rather than issued to them.
Sector. Distribution & retail · Scale One outlet · Ref ref /DR-07
Link. Read the case study →
/next
Tell us what happens at closing time.
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