Process Flow — Field Notes to Odoo Mapping

This page translates VGC's hand-drawn process flow ("Existing Finished Good → New Finished Good (Coffee)") into the Odoo MRP concepts that will implement it.

Side-by-side mapping

Hand-drawn step	Odoo concept	Notes
Start	—	Trigger: planning team confirms a Sugbo production run
Existing Coffee Blend (e.g. Blu Espresso Blend 500g)	BOM Component	Same product is also a sellable SKU. type=product, purchase_ok=True, sale_ok=True
Item requested & approved → Roastery Raw Materials Inventory	Internal Transfer (Main WH → Roastery RM) gated by blu_mrp approval wizard	New custom step — see Open Questions re: who approves
Existing blend opened, ground to desired size, measured to desired weight	Work Order 1: Grinding at Roastery — Grinding work center	Cost = labor + electricity + equipment depreciation per hour
Weighed coffee grounds repackaged to coffee pouches	Work Order 2: Repackaging at Roastery — Packaging work center	Consumes Coffee Pouches BOM line; cost = labor per hour
Repackaged ground beans transferred to Main Warehouse	MO Finished Move: Roastery WIP → Main WH	Automatic on MO completion
New SKU for Coffee Blend (e.g. Sugbo Blend 70g)	Finished Product of the BOM/MO	manufacture route enabled
End	MO state = Done; Sugbo Blend 70g now sellable	—

Stock movement diagram

┌────────────────┐    Internal Transfer    ┌──────────────────────┐
│ Main Warehouse │ ──────────────────────► │  Roastery / Raw Mat. │
│ Blu Espresso   │   (approval gated)      │  Blu Espresso 500g   │
│ Blend 500g     │                         │  Coffee Pouches      │
└────────────────┘                         └──────────┬───────────┘
                                                      │
                                                      │ Manufacturing Order
                                                      ▼
                                           ┌──────────────────────┐
                                           │  Roastery / WIP      │
                                           │  (production loc.)   │
                                           │                      │
                                           │  Op 1: Grinding      │
                                           │  Op 2: Packaging     │
                                           └──────────┬───────────┘
                                                      │
                                                      │ MO finished move
                                                      ▼
                                           ┌──────────────────────┐
                                           │ Main Warehouse       │
                                           │ Sugbo Blend 70g      │
                                           └──────────────────────┘

Inputs captured at each step

The hand-drawn flow annotates two work-station inputs:

Grinding station inputs

• Labor — operators feeding the grinder and weighing portions
• Electricity — grinder power draw
• Use of space and equipment — depreciation / overhead allocation for the roastery floor and grinder

These three are bundled into the Roastery — Grinding work center's cost_per_hour. See Costing for the breakdown formula.

Packaging station inputs

• Coffee Pouches — physical material consumed; modeled as a BOM component
• Labor — operators sealing and labeling pouches

Coffee Pouches is a BOM line. Labor is the Roastery — Packaging work center's cost_per_hour.

Approval gate

The "Item requested & approved" callout in the field notes maps to a custom raw-material requisition wizard in blu_mrp:

1. Roastery operator (or production planner) opens the wizard, selects target SKU + quantity
2. Wizard previews the BOM expansion (how much Blu Espresso 500g, how many pouches)
3. Wizard creates the Internal Transfer in draft state
4. An approver (group blu_roastery_approver_group) confirms — transfer moves to assigned
5. Stock is moved to Roastery RM, MO is created and ready to start

See Open Questions for what remains undecided about the approval flow.