Odoo 10 Implementation Cookbook

Configuring assembly line and work centers

A series of machines and workers organized in a factory is called an assembly line. They are organized as work centers dedicated to performing specific operations. The assembled product passes through these work centers in a sequence. At each work center, a new part can be added or processed until the finished product is ready.

The engineering manufacturing department is responsible to design and set up the assembly line. A typical assembly line looks like the following image:

The assembly line to produce the Computer Desk can be divided into three different work centers. It starts with Cutting, followed ...