Fusion Plating Quickstart
ERP built from the shop floor up for electroless nickel, chrome, anodize and chemical conversion plating.
Sales
Creating a Direct Order
Skip the quote stage when the customer has already sent a PO. Multi-line wizard, auto-MO generation, auto-email acknowledgement.
Open guide →Creating a Direct Order — Step-by-Step
Field-by-field walkthrough of the New Direct Order wizard — every button + input annotated in real Odoo screenshots.
Open guide →Creating a Quote
Build a configured quotation with the pricing engine — pick a part, a coating configuration, adjust complexity surcharges, and send to the customer.
Open guide →Managing Quotations
Quotation list view — filter by status (Draft, Sent, Opened, Order Received), follow up on stale quotes, convert a confirmed quote to a sales order.
Open guide →Customer Records
Create and maintain customer records — addresses, contacts, invoice strategy defaults, part catalog, account hold flag, price lists.
Open guide →Part Catalog
Customer part library with revisions — add parts, bump revisions, attach drawings and 3D models, set surface area and default coating.
Open guide →Portal Quote Requests
Handle RFQs submitted through the customer portal — triage, accept, or convert to a quote.
Open guide →Configurator
Coating Configurations
Create and maintain coating templates — recipe, thickness range, UOM, default price, linked pricing rules.
Open guide →Pricing Rules
Formula-based pricing engine — define per-coating pricing logic with variables (surface area, quantity, rush flag, thickness).
Open guide →Treatments
Pre/post-treatment catalog — create treatments applied on top of a primary coating.
Open guide →Customer Price Lists
Per-customer negotiated pricing — bands by quantity, valid-from / valid-to windows.
Open guide →Shop Floor
Plant Overview
The kanban command centre — see every active work order by work centre, drag to reassign, spot bottlenecks.
Open guide →Operator Tablet Station
The touchscreen interface operators use on the shop floor — scan a batch, pick a work order, step through instructions, finish.
Open guide →Operator Tablet Station — Guided Tour
Field-by-field tour of the Tablet Station — every KPI tile, button, and panel explained in a numbered step.
Open guide →Bake Windows (H2 Embrittlement Timer)
4-hour embrittlement-relief timer — start a bake, system tracks compliance, alerts if about to exceed ASTM B850 window.
Open guide →First-Piece Gates
First-article inspection checkpoint — QC must approve the first piece before the rest of the batch proceeds.
Open guide →Receiving
Receiving Parts from a Customer
Log parts arriving at the dock — match to open sale orders, count, inspect, flag damage, print batch labels.
Open guide →Pending Inspection Queue
Work through the inspection backlog — approve, reject, or put on hold.
Open guide →Handling Receiving Discrepancies
What to do when part counts don't match, parts arrive damaged, or paperwork is missing.
Open guide →Operations
Daily Bath Chemistry Logging
Record pH, temperature, nickel concentration, and other bath parameters — pass/fail vs. target, flag out-of-spec readings.
Open guide →Managing Baths
Create a new bath, replenish chemistry, dump / decant, track age + throughput.
Open guide →Building Process Recipes
Tree-based recipe editor — add sub-processes, operations, steps. Configure opt-in/out, customer visibility, operator inputs.
Open guide →Creating a Batch (Rack / Barrel)
Group parts onto a rack or barrel for plating — assign to a WO, track chemistry exposure.
Open guide →Production Priorities
Planner view — re-order MOs by urgency, view bottlenecks, assign to specific operators.
Open guide →Certificates
Quality
Putting Parts on Quality Hold
Block a batch from proceeding when a defect is found — document the reason, notify the planner.
Open guide →Creating an NCR (Nonconformance Report)
Formal nonconformance documentation — cause, disposition (scrap / rework / accept-as-is), approval trail.
Open guide →CAPA Workflow (Corrective + Preventive Action)
Open a CAPA, assign root-cause investigation, track corrective action to closure.
Open guide →First Article Inspection Report (FAIR)
AS9102 FAIR for aerospace customers — measured values against drawing tolerances, sign-off, attach to the SO.
Open guide →Internal Audits
Schedule and run periodic internal audits — checklist, findings, corrective actions.
Open guide →Document Control
Controlled-document registry with revision history, read-receipt tracking, superseded-version management.
Open guide →Logistics
Scheduling a Delivery
Pack a delivery, assign a driver or shipping partner, generate the BOL, mark shipped.
Open guide →Customer Pickups
Schedule a customer pickup at the dock — proof-of-delivery signature on arrival.
Open guide →Driver Routes
Build a multi-stop route for the in-house driver, view on the map, dispatch.
Open guide →KPIs
Production KPI Dashboard
OTD, throughput, WIP, first-pass yield — daily trends and shift comparisons.
Open guide →Quality KPI Dashboard
NCR rate, CAPA closure time, scrap %, customer complaints — quarterly trending.
Open guide →Finance KPI Dashboard
Revenue, margin, WO cost variance, chemistry spend per sq ft — month-over-month.
Open guide →Compliance
Permits Dashboard
Track all environmental and municipal permits — expiry dates, renewal reminders, uploaded certificates.
Open guide →Discharge Sampling
Record municipal wastewater discharge samples — auto-compare to bylaw limits, export the compliance report.
Open guide →Waste Manifests
Log hazardous-waste shipments off site — manifest number, hauler, destination, receipt.
Open guide →Spill Incident Reporting
Emergency logging when a spill happens — notification trail, clean-up record, root-cause investigation.
Open guide →Safety
SDS Library
Safety Data Sheets for every chemical on site — searchable, expiry-tracked, printable for the station binder.
Open guide →Safety Training
Assign training to operators — WHMIS, TDG, role-specific — track completion and expiry.
Open guide →Incident Reporting
Record injuries, near-misses, and unsafe-condition observations — investigation workflow.
Open guide →Aerospace
Nuclear
Controlled Goods
Configuration
Setting Up Facilities
Create a facility record — address, compliance profile, assigned staff.
Open guide →Work Centres + MRP Mapping
Create FP work centres, map to MRP work centres, set hourly costs and capacities.
Open guide →Creating Tanks
Define a physical tank — volume, location, QR code, which baths it can hold.
Open guide →Bath Parameters + Specs
Define the chemistry parameters that get logged per bath (pH, temp, concentrations) with min/max specs.
Open guide →Email Notification Templates
Configure auto-email templates — trigger events, recipient rules, attachment flags.
Open guide →Invoice Strategies
Define invoice defaults per customer — Deposit, Progress, Net Terms, COD.
Open guide →Account Hold Configuration
How to put a customer on hold — blocks SO confirmation, invoicing, and shipping for non-managers.
Open guide →Calibration Records
Calibration schedule for measurement equipment — due dates, pass/fail, certificates.
Open guide →Operator Certifications
Track operator training certificates — NDT, visual inspection, process-specific. Blocks unqualified operators from certain WOs.
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