Delivery Cost Calculator
Estimate, charge and control the real operational cost of deliveries in Odoo 18 Community.
Built for companies that need a practical delivery profitability tool directly inside Sales Orders and outgoing Pickings.
Stop undercharging deliveries
Many small and medium businesses estimate delivery costs by feeling. This app turns delivery cost into a measurable, chargeable and auditable number.
Estimate before selling
Calculate distance cost, planned hours, fixed costs, tolls, parking, extras, stops and margin before confirming the quotation.
Charge the right amount
Get a suggested customer charge with markup or margin-on-price logic, minimum delivery price and configurable rounding.
Compare with actuals
Close the delivery with actual km, hours and expenses, then measure variance, profitability and economic quality.
Fast estimate wizard
- Launch from a Sales Order or outgoing Picking.
- Use company defaults or customer-specific templates.
- Calculate operational cost, cost per stop and suggested customer price.
- Apply the price to a new or existing Sales Order line.
Estimated vs actual control
- Guided actual-cost wizard after delivery.
- Track real km, hours, tolls, parking and extra costs.
- Measure cost variance and effective margin.
- Identify negative margins and high deviations.
Optional automatic distance
Use OpenRouteService to calculate distance from configurable origin and destination addresses. Manual km entry remains available at all times.
OpenRouteService is an optional external service. Customers must configure their own API key and are responsible for external service limits and availability.
KPI reporting for managers
- Analyze costs by month, customer, user, template and status.
- Monitor estimated cost, actual cost, price applied and margin.
- Filter pending actuals, negative margins and high deviations.
Feature overview
- Sales Order and outgoing Picking integration.
- Manual distance and planned hours.
- Cost per km and hourly cost.
- Fixed cost, tolls, parking and extras.
- Additional stop cost and cost per stop.
- Markup or margin-on-price calculation.
- Minimum delivery price and rounding.
- Reusable delivery cost templates.
- Save estimates as templates.
- Actual delivery cost closing wizard.
- Estimated vs actual variance.
- Profitability and economic status indicators.
- List, pivot and graph KPI views.
- User and Manager security groups.
Requirements
- Odoo 18 Community Edition.
- Sales Management.
- Inventory / Stock.
- Mail.
- Optional: OpenRouteService API key for automatic distance.
Not included
- Route optimization.
- Automatic toll calculation.
- Driver tracking.
- Traffic-aware planning.
- OpenRouteService subscription or API quota.
Delivery Cost Calculator
Delivery Cost Calculator estimates, charges and controls real delivery costs in Odoo 18 Community Edition.
Overview
The module adds delivery-cost estimation on Sales Orders and outgoing Pickings. Users can calculate operational cost from distance, planned hours, fixed cost, tolls, parking, extra costs and stop count. The module suggests a minimum customer charge based on markup or margin-on-price rules.
Main Workflow
- Configure delivery defaults in Delivery Costs > Configuration > Settings.
- Open a quotation, Sales Order or outgoing Picking.
- Click Estimate Delivery Cost.
- Enter distance, planned hours and additional costs.
- Save the estimate or apply the suggested price to the Sales Order.
- After delivery, enter actual costs through the actual-cost wizard.
- Review estimated vs actual variance, effective margin and KPI reports.
OpenRouteService
OpenRouteService integration is optional. The module works without it using manual distance entry. When enabled, customers must configure their own OpenRouteService API key.
Security
The module provides two groups:
- Delivery Cost User: operational users.
- Delivery Cost Manager: configuration, templates, reports and management actions.
Limitations
This version does not include route optimization, automatic toll calculation, driver tracking or traffic-aware planning.
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