Manufacturing Cost Center Analytics
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Manufacturing Cost Center Analytics
Every Manufacturing Order already knows what it consumed and what it produced. This module gives it a cost center too. Assign an analytic account to the order, choose whether every component follows it automatically or is tracked on its own line, and the valuation journal entries are tagged the moment the order is produced, with no manual adjustment afterward. Nothing else about producing an order changes.
Features
Everything a controller needs to know which department a component's cost landed on
Two fields on the order, one column on every line, and the standard accounting reports already show the breakdown.
Finished Product Analytic Account
One field on the Manufacturing Order form. Pick the cost center the finished product belongs to,
and everything downstream reads from that single choice.
Two Propagation Modes
Use the order's analytic account for every stock move, or switch to individual line tracking so a
component consumed from a different department keeps its own cost center.
Byproducts Included, Never Forced
A byproduct follows the order's cost center in the shared mode, exactly like a component, and stays
individually editable in the per-line mode. It is never quietly stamped with the order's account
when the order is set to track lines separately.
Automatic Propagation on Confirm
Choosing the analytic account and the mode fills every component, finished product and byproduct
line immediately, and stays in sync if either choice is changed before the order is done.
Valuation Entries Tagged Automatically
The moment an order is produced, its stock valuation journal entries carry the same analytic
account as the moves that generated them, line by line.
Reads Straight into Standard Reports
No new report to learn. The tagged entries show up in the existing Analytic Items list and
Analytic Reporting pivot, grouped by cost center like any other analytic line.
An Optional Column on the Orders List
The Finished Product Analytic Account is available as a column on the Manufacturing Orders list
itself, so a whole run of orders and their cost centers can be scanned at a glance.
Nothing Else Changes
An order with no analytic account assigned produces exactly as it always did. The module adds a
choice, it never requires one.
Multi-Company Ready
The analytic account offered on an order is scoped to its own company, or shared across companies,
exactly like the account picker anywhere else in the accounting app.
Quick Start
From a draft order to a tagged journal entry
Nothing changes about how a Manufacturing Order is created, planned or produced. The cost center is one more choice on the same form.
1
Create the Manufacturing Order as usual: product, bill of material
and quantity are entered exactly as before. Two new fields appear next to the responsible person:
Finished Product Analytic Account and Analytic Propagation Rule.
Pick the cost center and the mode: choosing "Use MO Analytic for All
Stock Moves" fills every component, the finished product and every byproduct with that account
right away. Choosing "Use Individual Line Analytic for Each Stock Move" leaves the finished
product on the order's account and leaves every component and byproduct blank, ready for its own
choice.
2
Override a single line where it matters: in individual mode, click
into any component's or byproduct's Analytic Account cell on the Components or By-Products tab and
pick a different cost center for just that line, before or after confirming.
3
Confirm and produce the order exactly as before: reserving
components, recording consumption and marking the order done all work the same way they always
have. The cost center choice simply rides along on each stock move.
4
The journal entries are already tagged: the valuation entries the
order posts on marking it done carry the same analytic account as each move, and they show up
grouped by cost center in Analytic Items and Analytic Reporting without any extra step.
Propagation Rule
One order, one choice, and every line follows the same rule
The Analytic Propagation Rule decides what happens to components, the finished product and byproducts. The finished product itself always follows the order's own account; the rule only decides how far that account reaches beyond it.
| Line | Use MO Analytic for All Stock Moves | Use Individual Line Analytic for Each Stock Move |
|---|---|---|
| Finished product | Follows the order's account. | Follows the order's account. |
| Components | Follow the order's account. | Left blank, editable per line. |
| Byproducts | Follow the order's account. | Left blank, editable per line. |
Why a byproduct is never a special case
A byproduct is produced by the same order as the finished product, so it earns the same treatment as a component rather than a separate rule of its own: it follows the order's account in the shared mode, and it stays exactly as individually trackable as any other line in the per-line mode. A recovered material or a scrap byproduct can be costed against a completely different department from the main product it came out of, without a workaround.
See it in Odoo
From the orders list to the accounting reports
Real screens from a live database: the same product built through six orders, three cost centers, both propagation modes, and the resulting entries in the standard analytic reports.
1
Every order's cost center, at a glance
The Finished Product Analytic Account is an optional column on the Manufacturing Orders list itself,
so a whole batch of orders can be scanned without opening a single one.
Six orders for the same product, three different cost centers, all visible in one list.
2
Shared mode: every component follows the order
"Use MO Analytic for All Stock Moves" is selected, and the Components tab shows every raw material
already carrying the order's own cost center.
Steel Frame, Rubber Seal Kit and Drive Motor Unit all carry Assembly Line A, filled the moment
the order was confirmed.
3
Shared mode: the byproduct follows too
The By-Products tab of the same order shows the recovered material carrying the identical cost center,
with no separate step needed.
Recovered Metal Shavings carries Assembly Line A too, the same as the finished pump and every
component.
4
Individual mode: one component on its own cost center
Switching the same product to "Use Individual Line Analytic for Each Stock Move" leaves the finished
product on its own account and leaves every component blank, except the one deliberately overridden.
The order itself is on Finishing Department, Rubber Seal Kit was moved to Packaging Department,
and Steel Frame and Drive Motor Unit are left blank, ready for their own choice later.
5
Individual mode: the byproduct stays blank too
The same order's By-Products tab shows the recovered material left without a cost center, exactly like
an untouched component in the same mode.
Recovered Metal Shavings is left blank, ready for its own cost center if one applies, never
quietly stamped with the order's account.
6
Every tagged move, in the standard Analytic Items list
No custom report to open. The valuation lines these two orders posted appear in Odoo's own Analytic
Items list, each one carrying the cost center of the move that produced it.
Packaging Department shows only the Rubber Seal Kit consumption from the individual-mode order;
Assembly Line A shows every line from the shared-mode order.
7
The full cost breakdown, one click away in Analytic Reporting
Grouping Odoo's own Analytic Reporting pivot by cost center turns the same tagged entries into a total
per department, with no export and no spreadsheet needed.
Assembly Line A, Finishing Department and Packaging Department, each totalled straight from
the manufacturing entries this module tagged.
8
Where the byproduct comes from: an ordinary Bill of Material
No special setup is required on the Bill of Material itself. Any byproduct already configured there is
picked up by both propagation modes without further configuration.
The same standard Bill of Material used for every order in this walkthrough, unmodified by this
module.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does an order need a cost center to be produced?
No. Leaving the Finished Product Analytic Account empty produces the order exactly as the stock and manufacturing apps already do, with no analytic account on any move.
Can a single component be tracked on a different cost center from the rest of the order?
Yes, switch the order to "Use Individual Line Analytic for Each Stock Move" and set that component's own Analytic Account cell on the Components tab. Every other line stays exactly as it was.
Is a byproduct treated differently from a component?
No. A byproduct follows exactly the same rule as a component in both propagation modes, and its Analytic Account cell on the By-Products tab is just as editable in individual mode.
Where do the tagged amounts show up?
In the standard Accounting app, under Analytic Items and Analytic Reporting, exactly like any other analytic line. No new menu or report is added by this module.
Does this change how stock is valued?
No. The valuation amount on every move is computed exactly as the company's own costing method already decides. This module only adds the analytic account alongside that amount, it never changes the amount itself.
Platform & Safety
Built for Odoo 19, and built to touch only what it needs to
Two fields, one column
The Manufacturing Order form gains two fields and the Components and By-Products tabs gain one
column. Every other view, button and workflow stays exactly as stock Odoo built it.
No new accounting configuration
No new account, journal or valuation account is created by this module. It reads the analytic
accounts already configured in the accounting app and writes them onto the moves an order already
creates.
Native Odoo 19
Built against the current Odoo 19 manufacturing and accounting models, not a backport, and installs
clean on a stock Odoo 19 database with Manufacturing and Accounting configured.
Support
Need help or have a feature request?
Questions about setup, a feature you need, or an idea that would make this app work better for you: write to the HOUSE OF APPS team and we answer every message.
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| Odoo Apps Dependencies |
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Accounting (accountant)
• Manufacturing (mrp) • Invoicing (account) • Discuss (mail) • Inventory (stock) |
| Lines of code | 141 |
| Technical Name |
mrp_cost_center |
| License | OPL-1 |
| Website | https://apps.odoo.com/apps/browse?repo_maintainer_id=1201204 |
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