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MRP Default Packaging

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Manufacturing/Manufacturing License: LGPL-3

This module allows and encourages the use of packaging within MRP, both to manufacture products or to create kits.

auto_awesome What this module does

AI-generated from the code · Odoo 18.0

This module lets you use product packaging (boxes, pallets, etc.) directly in bills of materials and manufacturing orders, so quantities can be entered and shown in packages instead of only units.

When you work with bills of materials and manufacturing orders, this module adds packaging information so you can plan and record production in packages.

  • On a bill of materials line, two new columns appear: Packaging and Packaging Qty. Odoo automatically picks a suitable packaging for the line quantity and calculates how many packages that quantity represents. If you change the product on a line, Odoo suggests the product's first packaging and sets the quantity to one package.
  • On a manufacturing order, the same Packaging and Packaging Qty columns appear on both the finished products and the components lists. When components are created from a bill of materials line that has a packaging, that packaging is carried over automatically to the stock move.
  • The packaging columns are only visible to users who have the packaging feature enabled in inventory settings.

The module touches mrp.bom.line, mrp.production and stock.move. It does not add new menus or reports; it extends the existing bill of materials and manufacturing order screens.

Depends on

mrpstock_move_packaging_qty
Models and fields (3)
  • stock.move · extends an existing model
  • mrp.bom.line · extends an existing modelproduct_packaging_id (Packaging), product_packaging_qty (Packaging Qty.)
  • mrp.production · extends an existing model

Text generated by AI (DeepSeek) from reading the Odoo 18.0 code on GitHub; it may contain mistakes, so check the code before deciding. View the code on GitHub

Availability by version

Reviewed: 2026-11-03
Confirmed (verified in repository and branch) Estimated (unverified) No information

Confirmation status: 2 confirmed, 7 with no information of 9 versions.

Sources · Odoo 18.0

Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 18.0 of OCA/manufacture.

terminal Installation and usage

OCA documentation · Odoo 18.0

Configuration

Source · Odoo 18.0

To see the effects of this module, you need to:

  • Go to Settings.
  • Activate Inventory > Products > Product Packagings.
  • Optionally, activate also Units of Measure. This is not required, but if you are interested in this module, it's probably because you use this.
  • Save.

Usage

Source · Odoo 18.0

Some component products must exist. Those components will be later included in the manufactured or kit product. Then, you'll notice the module effects.

To create the component products:

  • Go to Inventory > Products > Products.
  • Create a product.
  • Configure its unit of measure (if you enabled that option).
  • Add some line(s) in Inventory > Packaging.

To use this module with a kit of products, you need to:

  • Go to Inventory > Products > Products.
  • Create a product that will be the kit.
  • Set Product Type "Consumable".
  • Configure its unit of measure (if you enabled that option).
  • Enable Inventory > Operations > Routes > Manufacture.
  • Click on Bill of Materials button and create a new one.
  • Set BoM Type "Kit".
  • Configure the rest of the BoM. When you configure the component lines, use the new Packaging and Packaging Qty fields.
  • Go to Inventory > Delivery Orders (three dots) > New > Planned Transfer.
  • Fill the Delivery Address.
  • Add one Operations line with the kit product you just created.
  • Click on Mark as TODO.
  • You will notice that the kit has been replaced by its components, and each component line includes the packaging and its qty, just like you configured them in the BoM.

To use it with a manufactured product, instead:

  • Go to Inventory > Products > Products.
  • Create a product; the one that will be manufactured.
  • Set Product Type "Storable Product".
  • Configure its unit of measure (if you enabled that option).
  • Enable Inventory > Operations > Routes > Manufacture.
  • Click on Bill of Materials button and create a new one.
  • Set BoM Type "Manufacture this product".
  • Configure the rest of the BoM. When you configure the component lines, use the new Packaging and Packaging Qty fields.
  • Go back to the product form.
  • Click on Reordering Rules button and create a new one.
  • Set some minimal and maximal quantities.
  • Click on Order Once. If you don't see this button, you can also go to Inventory > Operations > Run Scheduler > Run Scheduler.
  • Go to Manufacturing > Operations > Manufacturing Orders. You will see a new MO created from the reordering rule. Open it.
  • See how the Components lines contain packaging information, just like you defined it in the BoM. The same would happen if you created the MO manually.

No verified information in OCA: Installation.

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