Implementing free software: seven decisions to make before installing anything TL;DR : with free and open source software, nobody charges you for the right to use it, but nobody decides for you either when to update it, who to call when it breaks or how to leave. An implementati...
Who reports to whom, who owns what: getting the org chart out of PowerPoint TL;DR : two org charts answer two different questions, and no single tool draws both. Who reports to whom is a tree: one person, one manager, the facts inside the box. Who owns what is a graph: one co...
Your contact is away: knowing before you hit send, not three days later TL;DR : a client leaves for two weeks, their auto-reply tells you so, and by the following Tuesday nobody remembers. Outreach platforms have been reading those auto-replies for years, but they use the...
Blue Fox OS: a workstation that configures itself from a record TL;DR Blue Fox OS is a free Linux workstation that installs by asking the employee to sign in, then configures itself from a record kept in Symbifox , our management suite built on Odoo: language, key...
NIS2 and European Standards: What It Means for Quebec SMBs with European Clients TL;DR : The European NIS2 directive, applicable since October 2024, imposes cybersecurity requirements on European companies in 18 sectors and makes them secure their suppliers: even if you're based i...
Odoo Community's Purchase Module: No More Purchase Orders by Email TL;DR : Odoo Community's Purchase module gives you structured purchase orders, centralized supplier tracking, purchase agreements, and direct integration with Inventory and Accounting. All of it free,...
The NFC tag on the extinguisher: the register gets written in front of the device TL;DR : an NFC tag stuck on a fire extinguisher, a door or a projector costs less than a dollar. Hold the phone near it, and the gesture runs in Odoo: the visit is logged, the equipment changes hands,...
Showing a property in Québec: three obligations that are not in your calendar TL;DR : showing a property in Québec is not just about finding an hour that works. There is a register of visits the OACIQ recommends you keep, a representation question that can decide who earns the ...
Two Odoo instances that talk: handing a task to a partner without opening yours TL;DR : when two companies work on the same project, one of them ends up opening an account for the other. One more login, one more password, a tool that isn't theirs: it gets opened on day one and ne...
The day the American cloud closes: what's left standing in your SMB TL;DR Three American companies hold 85% of Canada's public cloud market (Amazon 42%, Microsoft 31%, Google 12%), against 66% worldwide. The major providers' service terms already allow immediate suspe...
Law 25, four years on: what really changed for SMBs TL;DR : Law 25's obligations rolled out in stages between 2022 and 2024. Four years after the first deadline, many SMBs took the visible steps (appointing an officer, posting a policy) but few have in...
Hiring in Odoo with the interview book: the scorecard, the blind panel and a file the candidate can read TL;DR : Odoo Community's recruitment app tracks the pipeline very well, and stops right before the evaluation itself. We wrote the missing part: interview scorecards per role with weighted criteria, a...