🏢 Client Overview: Kamakhya Pipes
Kamakhya Pipes is a leading manufacturer of high-quality PVC, HDPE, and other industrial-grade pipes used across infrastructure, agriculture, drainage, and civil engineering sectors. Headquartered in India, the company has earned a reputation for product reliability, industry compliance, and robust production capabilities.
As Kamakhya Pipes scaled its operations and expanded its product range, it became essential to move away from manual systems and disconnected tools. They needed a centralized, future-ready ERP system to manage their complex manufacturing flows, raw material tracking, human resources, and distribution network.
Kamakhya Pipes partnered with KoderXpert Technologies LLP for a full-scale Odoo ERP implementation—covering every core and support function from sales to canteen management.
❓ Challenges Faced
Prior to implementing Odoo, Kamakhya Pipes faced a series of operational and data challenges:
- Manual data entry and disconnected processes across departments caused duplication, delays, and miscommunication.
- No centralized inventory tracking for raw materials, finished goods, and WIP stock.
- Unstructured production process, especially in weight calculation and labeling during manufacturing.
- Lack of automation in attendance and HR workflows.
- Multiple third-party tools like Tally and sales reporting apps that didn’t integrate with each other.
- Limited traceability, compliance readiness, and real-time insights for decision-making.
🌟 Goals & Objectives
The key objectives of the Odoo ERP implementation at Kamakhya Pipes included:
- Integrate all core departments—Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Manufacturing, HR, and Accounting—into a single ERP system.
- Automate production processes including weight capturing, barcode labeling, and machine tracking.
- Implement HR face recognition system for attendance and shift management.
- Migrate historical data from Tally to Odoo for financial continuity.
- Set up maintenance management for machines and infrastructure.
- Connect third-party sales and field apps to Odoo for centralized control.
- Enable real-time dashboards, reporting, and expense management.
- Digitize canteen operations and integrate with employee records.
✅ Solution Provided by KoderXpert
KoderXpert executed a robust and multi-phase ERP implementation, tailored to Kamakhya Pipes' industrial environment:
Core ERP Modules Implemented:
- Sales & Purchase
- Automated RFQs, order processing, delivery scheduling, and invoicing.
- Vendor performance tracking and procurement planning.
- Inventory Management
- Multi-location warehouse tracking.
- Real-time stock updates, reordering rules, and barcode scanning.
- Manufacturing
- Work center setup with operation routings.
- BOM-based planning, batch tracking, and WIP flow.
- Weight machine integration to auto-fetch pipe weight during production.
- Laser printer integration for auto-printing barcodes on finished pipes.
- Barcode printer setup for inventory labels.
- HR & Payroll
- Implemented biometric/face recognition attendance system.
- Shift, leave, contract, and payroll automation.
- Canteen Management
- Daily meal tracking linked with attendance.
- Expense calculation and monthly consumption reports.
- Accounting
- Migrated all ledgers, journals, and financial records from Tally.
- Configured Indian tax structure (GST), bank sync, and reconciliation.
- Maintenance
- Setup for machine preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Downtime tracking, technician assignment, and alerts.
- Third-Party App Integration
- Integrated external app used by sales staff to sync leads, targets, and expenses into Odoo in real-time.
- Expense Management
- Employee reimbursement workflows.
- Multi-level approval flows and real-time visibility into cost centers.
📆 Our Implementation Process
1. Discovery & Planning
- Onsite visits to understand production lines, machine interfaces, and staff routines.
- Documented existing workflows and identified areas for automation.
2. ERP Design & Customization
- Configured standard Odoo modules.
- Developed custom connectors for weight machine, face attendance system, and label printers.
3. Data Migration
- Cleansed and mapped historical data from Tally and Excel systems.
- Migrated financial and inventory data with full audit trail.
4. System Integration & Testing
- Integrated third-party sales app.
- Set up automated SMS/email alerts.
- Conducted full UAT across departments.
5. Training & Go-Live
- Trained HR, accounting, warehouse, and shop-floor staff.
- Phased go-live with close monitoring and support.
🚀 Key Features Delivered
- Weight machine and barcode printer integration for production
- Face recognition-based HR attendance system
- Multi-warehouse inventory tracking with barcode scanning
- Tally to Odoo accounting migration
- Machine maintenance module with preventive scheduling
- Real-time dashboards and department-wise analytics
- Third-party mobile app sync for sales team
- Canteen and meal tracking linked to attendance
📊 Results & Impact
- ⏱️ 50% faster production cycle with automated weight and barcode capture
- 📅 Real-time inventory visibility across plants and warehouses
- 💸 Integrated financial control and smooth Tally-to-Odoo transition
- 📊 Centralized HR and attendance using face recognition
- 🤝 High user adoption rate due to localized training and intuitive UI
- 🏠 Streamlined maintenance and reduced downtime with predictive scheduling
🖊️ Client Testimonial
"KoderXpert helped us bring every aspect of our manufacturing—from shop floor to finance—under one system. The integrations they built for our weight machines, label printers, and attendance systems have made daily operations faster and more accurate. We now have complete control and visibility like never before."
— Mr. Shyam, Director, Kamakhya Pipes
🔹 Conclusion
Kamakhya Pipes successfully transformed into a smart manufacturing unit by leveraging Odoo ERP, implemented and customized by KoderXpert Technologies. With deep integration across systems, real-time data visibility, and automated workflows, the company is now poised for scalable and efficient growth.
KoderXpert continues to deliver on its promise:
Transforming Ideas into Digital Excellence.