Total Bolt Solutions S.R.L.

Total Bolt Solutions S.R.L.

Customer profile

Total Bolt Solutions operates as a supplier of braking components for the automotive industry and serves OEM, OES and aftermarket customers. On its public website, the company emphasizes sector knowledge, service responsiveness and quality. It also offers services such as kitting, boxing, vendor managed inventory and warehousing, which means engineering and logistics meet in an operational setting where timing, consistency and product conformity all matter in daily work.

In that kind of business, product data, stock movements, quality control and supporting documentation need to stay closely aligned. For a company handling both individual parts and composite products, departments need to work from the same information base. Odoo was chosen as the backbone to bring those processes together in one environment, with clear attention to traceability and process control across purchasing, warehouse operations, manufacturing and technical product management.

Reason for change

The reason for change was the need to support core business processes in a more consistent and centralized way. The available source material shows that purchasing, inventory, manufacturing, product lifecycle management, quality, projects and documents all needed to be structured within one system. That created the basis for managing operational information with less fragmentation and for helping employees work through one shared process model instead of disconnected administrative steps or isolated tools.

For a supplier in the automotive chain, it is not enough to record orders and stock alone. There is also a clear need to manage product versions, change procedures, quality moments and the documentation that belongs to them. Odoo matched that broader requirement well: not just registering transactions, but designing processes so departments can collaborate more effectively and changes can move through the organization in a central digital workflow with more structure and accountability.

Challenge

The main challenge was connecting processes that are operationally interdependent. Purchasing affects receipts and inventory, inventory supports manufacturing and delivery, and product changes can immediately influence work orders, documents and quality checks. If those areas are not structured together, delays, interpretation gaps and manual rework quickly appear.

For Total Bolt Solutions, alignment across core processes therefore mattered more than digitizing only one isolated functional area within the business. The source material also points to requirements such as multiple locations, internal transfers, serial or lot numbers, bills of materials, routings and Engineering Change Orders. Processes like these require clear master data and disciplined execution on the shop floor and in the warehouse. The implementation therefore had to be broad in functional scope, but also practical for employees working with goods movements, product structures and quality requirements in a technical supply chain environment where precision is part of everyday operations.

Odoo solution

The selected solution combined several Odoo apps in one integrated setup. The scope includes Purchasing, Inventory, Manufacturing, PLM, Quality, Project, Documents, CRM, invoicing and related process areas. This made it possible to establish a central foundation in which information does not need to be re-entered repeatedly, but can flow logically from request or order to receipt, manufacturing, inspection and follow-up in one integrated platform that supports connected operations instead of separate departmental systems.

An important aspect of this approach is that Odoo supports more than transactions alone. It also structures process steps such as warehouse locations, incoming and outgoing movements, bills of materials, work orders and controlled product changes through ECOs. Document management was included as well, so relevant files and workflows can connect with other apps. In that way, Odoo supports change control across departments without separating documentation, technical decisions and daily execution into disconnected systems or routines.

Apps and processes

Within the solution, Purchasing and Inventory play a connecting role. The scope mentions automated purchasing advice, purchase requests and purchase orders, together with warehouse management covering locations, receipts, deliveries, internal transfers and stock counts. Traceability through serial or lot numbers is part of the setup too. For a company working with components, packaging activities and stock-driven services, these processes are essential to keep goods movements controlled, transparent and repeatable throughout the organization.

At the same time, Manufacturing, PLM and Quality carry major weight in the design. Odoo supports bills of materials, semi-finished products, manufacturing orders, work orders and routings, while PLM is used for product versions and Engineering Change Orders. The Quality app adds control points, quality alerts and links with inventory and manufacturing operations. Combined with Documents and Project, this creates an environment where technical changes, operational execution and supporting documentation can work together in one digital process chain.

Result

The realized result is first of all an Odoo environment in which the main operational domains of Total Bolt Solutions have been structured in relation to one another. That provides a foundation for working with more consistent data, clearer process steps and better alignment between departments. The solution supports daily activities in purchasing, inventory, manufacturing and quality management, while allowing information and files to be approached from a central source of truth rather than being spread across separate routines or fragmented systems.

The expected value lies mainly in improved overview, more consistent process management and a stronger basis for change control and traceability. While the source material does not provide concrete metrics or published go-live outcomes, it clearly shows that the setup was designed to support controlled collaboration between logistics, technical and administrative processes. In that sense, Odoo helps Total Bolt Solutions work in a way that fits quality, reliability and growth in a market where operational discipline is critical.