Implementing Quality Control in Odoo 18 Transfer Operations: Complete Guide

Quality checks play an essential role in ensuring that products meet the standards expected before they reach customers. In manufacturing and warehouse environments, inspections help catch issues early so that goods don't require later corrections or return handling. With Odoo 18, quality verification can be incorporated at different stages of stock movement, allowing teams to pinpoint where a problem occurred and take action quickly.

Odoo's Quality module makes this process easy by letting companies build automated control points that trigger during transfers, receipts, production steps, and deliveries. In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll explore how quality analysis works in Odoo 18 for transfers and how to configure it through the Quality module.

Understanding Quality Control Points in Odoo 18

To begin implementing quality control, open the Quality module, then navigate to the Quality Control menu, and click on the Quality Control option. From here, you can create control points for quality checks.

The Quality Control Point form in Odoo 18 is where you set the rules for how a product should be checked during warehouse operations. Here's what you can configure:

At the bottom of the form, you'll find space to add clear instructions, define what should happen if something goes wrong, and include any extra notes the team might need. You can also specify a "Message if failure" that will be displayed when a quality check fails.

Step-by-Step: Setting Up a Quality Control Point

Let's walk through creating a quality control point for a product. In this example, we'll set up a check for a product called "Simple Pen":

Once you save this configuration, the quality check will automatically appear whenever you process a delivery order or receipt for the "Simple Pen" product.

Performing Quality Checks During Delivery

Now let's see the quality check in action. Here's the workflow:

1. Create a Sales Order: Open the Sales module and create a quotation for the product (Simple Pen) that has a quality control point configured.
2. Confirm the Order: Validate the quotation to create a confirmed sales order.
3. Access the Delivery: Click the Delivery smart button that appears on the sales order to open the delivery operations page.
4. Perform Quality Check: You'll see a "Quality Check" button on the delivery operations page. Click it to open the quality check popup.
5. Record Results: Enter any notes about the quality check and select "Pass" if it passed or "Fail" if it failed.
6. View Status: After the quality check, view the status from the smart button in the delivery orders form.

Quality Checks for Return Operations

Quality checks also work seamlessly for return operations. Here's how:

1. Initiate Return: From the delivery order, click the "Return" button.
2. Specify Quantities: Enter the number of quantities to return and confirm.
3. Quality Check Appears: The quality check button will appear for return operations as well.
4. Perform Inspection: Complete the quality control for the returned items, just like you would for delivery operations.

Since we configured the control point for both delivery orders and receipts, the quality check automatically appears for return operations (which are essentially receipt operations).

Types of Quality Checks Available

Odoo 18 offers several types of quality checks to suit different inspection needs:

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Quality control becomes much easier to manage when it's integrated directly into everyday warehouse activities, and Odoo 18 does exactly that. By attaching inspections to transfers like receipts, deliveries, and returns, teams can catch problems exactly when and where they occur.

Setting up a control point takes only a few minutes, but it can save hours of rework and prevent items from slipping through without proper verification. Whether you're checking a simple product or monitoring a complex workflow, Odoo's Quality module gives you the structure and clarity needed to maintain consistent standards throughout your operations.