Company Profile
Easy Factory is a leading manufacturer of high-end silicone kitchenware, founded in 2011 and based in Dongguan City, China. The company serves primarily the European market, leveraging advanced industrial production techniques and fully integrated manufacturing processes.
- Headquarters: France
- Industry: Kitchenware Manufacturing
- Employees: 500+
- Annual Revenue: 50M+ USD
- ERP Hosting: Odoo Community (cost estimation only) – rest of operations on SAP
- Unique trait: Offers fully customized product solutions built on years of experience and a proprietary production methodology.
Challenges Faced
Before our involvement, Easy Factory faced significant issues with product cost estimation:
- Manual Cost Estimation in Excel: Product cost sheets were created manually, relying on a complex, experience-driven logic developed over time by the production team.
- No Version Control or Validation: Changes to cost sheets lacked traceability and approval, making collaboration risky.
- Disconnected from ERP: The SAP system used by the company did not handle the pre-production estimation phase, leading to fragmented workflows.
Odoo Implementation
To support their unique costing process while coexisting with SAP, we implemented a standalone Odoo Community system focused entirely on cost estimation.
Key Features:
- Custom Tables and Views: We modeled the entire product and material database in Odoo, matching the structure used in their Excel files.
- Costing Logic Engine: All empirical formulas and production hypotheses from the Excel calculators were replicated inside Odoo, including material usage, labor time, tooling factors, and wastage coefficients.
- Versioning and Approvals: Each cost sheet supports multiple versions with a built-in workflow from draft to managerial approval.
- Excel Export with Images: Cost sheets can be exported as Excel files, embedding product pictures to facilitate external communication with clients or partners.
- No Disruption to SAP: The solution was implemented as a standalone system, avoiding interference with existing ERP processes.
Odoo Version: Community
Hosting: On-premise or internal server (to be confirmed)
Business Benefits
Operational Efficiency
- Replaced a fragile, manual Excel process with a structured, reliable system tailored to their real-world calculation logic.
- Reduced human error and ensured consistent outputs across the costing team.
Collaboration & Traceability
- Enabled team-wide visibility into cost calculations.
- Managerial validation ensured control over shared quotes and proposals.
Scalability
- The system is ready to scale as the product database grows, with structured data models and reusable formulas.