🏢 Client Overview: Manel Fashion
Manel Fashion is a leading fashion brand in the United Arab Emirates, offering a range of elegant clothing and custom-tailored apparel for women through both online and offline channels. Known for their attention to detail and personalized styles, Manel Fashion handles everything from ready-made garments to made-to-measure designs. Their operations required precise coordination between sales, manufacturing (tailoring), inventory, and finance.
However, with growing order volume and increasing product variations, Manel Fashion struggled to scale operations while maintaining the personalized experience customers expected. Their unique tailoring process could not be effectively managed using off-the-shelf ERP systems.
To overcome these hurdles, Manel Fashion partnered with KoderXpert Technologies LLP to implement a fully customized Odoo ERP solution focused on handling their complex sales-to-tailoring flow and production lifecycle.
❓ Challenges Faced
Manel Fashion faced several operational and system-related challenges:
- Disjointed Tailoring Workflow
- Their custom tailoring process, including cutting, stitching, embellishment, and fitting, could not be captured accurately in standard manufacturing flows.
- High Product Variability
- Each clothing item had numerous size, color, and design variants, leading to confusion in inventory, planning, and fulfillment.
- Lack of Real-Time Production Tracking
- No centralized system to track orders through stages of production, resulting in delays and poor coordination between tailoring teams.
- Offline + Online Sales Channels
- Orders came from physical stores, social media, and an eCommerce website, which were not synced properly with production and stock.
- Accounting Limitations
- Manual financial tracking and reconciliation from different channels made it hard to maintain consistent, compliant books.
🌟 Goals & Objectives
The ERP transformation aimed to streamline tailoring operations while bringing full visibility and control to Manel Fashion’s end-to-end operations. The primary goals included:
- Digitize and customize the tailoring/manufacturing process in Odoo to match the real-world stages of garment production.
- Handle product variants and design complexities efficiently.
- Integrate sales channels (offline & online) for centralized order processing.
- Implement real-time production status tracking.
- Set up accounting automation for all transactions with tax compliance.
✅ Solution Provided by KoderXpert
KoderXpert Technologies LLP designed and delivered a comprehensive solution tailored to the fashion and garment manufacturing industry using Odoo ERP:
📉 Custom Tailoring Workflow in Manufacturing
- Mapped the tailoring lifecycle: Order Intake → Design Approval → Cutting → Stitching → Embroidery → Ironing → Final QC.
- Created work centers and operations for each stage.
- Allowed routing configuration per variant and order type.
- Linked tailoring instructions and measurements directly to manufacturing orders.
🛏️ Variant Management
- Used product attributes to manage multiple combinations: size, color, sleeve type, neck design, etc.
- Enabled BOM (Bill of Materials) variation per design and size.
- Simplified production planning through demand forecasting.
🌐 Sales & Channel Integration
- Integrated the eCommerce site with Odoo's sales and inventory modules.
- Set up a POS system for offline store orders.
- All orders, regardless of origin, triggered real-time updates in production and inventory.
💼 Inventory Management
- Tracked fabric rolls, accessories, and finished goods in multiple warehouses.
- Set up reorder rules for raw materials.
- Implemented barcode scanning for faster movement tracking.
📅 Accounting Automation
- Configured Odoo Accounting for:
- Sales invoices & receipts (with VAT compliance)
- Purchase bills & vendor payments
- Expense categorization and petty cash management
📆 Our Implementation Process
1. Process Discovery & Custom Blueprint
- Conducted on-site workshops with tailoring, retail, and finance teams.
- Documented real-world tailoring flow and variants.
2. System Design & Custom Module Development
- Customized Odoo Manufacturing workflows.
- Created UI adjustments for order-specific garment details.
3. Sales & Channel Integration
- Connected the website and POS systems to Odoo Sales.
- Mapped product catalog and inventory rules.
4. Testing & Validation
- Ran test orders across all channels.
- Simulated full tailoring cycle with real production staff.
5. Training & Go-Live
- Department-wise training for sales, inventory, production, and accounting.
- Final roll-out with live support and monitoring.
🚀 Key Features Delivered
- Custom manufacturing stages for tailoring
- Multi-level routing and work centers
- Advanced product variant handling
- Integrated online + offline order management
- Real-time order tracking and production progress
- Automated invoice, expense, and tax handling
- Inventory planning and raw material tracking
📊 Results & Impact
- 📊 100% alignment of digital production flow with real tailoring process
- ⏱️ 30% faster order fulfillment from intake to dispatch
- 💡 Centralized control over all sales channels
- 📝 Improved customer satisfaction due to delivery accuracy
- 💼 Streamlined accounting with minimal manual input
🖊️ Client Testimonial
"Before Odoo, managing tailoring with so many variants was chaotic. KoderXpert customized everything to fit our exact production needs. Now our online and store orders sync instantly, and we can see every order’s status at a glance. It has truly empowered our operations."
— Ms. Manel, Founder, Manel Fashion
🔹 Conclusion
By delivering a fully customized ERP platform using Odoo, KoderXpert Technologies enabled Manel Fashion to streamline its core business processes across production, sales, and accounting. The tailored solution empowered the brand to scale confidently while maintaining its signature personalized service and product excellence.
KoderXpert continues to deliver on its promise:
“Transforming Ideas into Digital Excellence.”