Odoo is an open-source enterprise resource planning business tool written in python. It is a suite that allows businesses to use integrated applications for CRM, accounting, point f sale, finance, project management, e-commerce, human resources, and many others. The goal is to ensure easy and efficient management of the business. Since odoo is open source and free thus you will have an ROI as soon as you start. Moreover, there is a large community of users that uses odoo because of its vast functionality and simplicity.
The ERP and CRM that everyone uses across the globe were started back in 205 with Fabien Pinckaers who wanted to become a competitor to SAP. SAP is an enterprise software company that is currently ruling the market. He started his journey with a small project known as TinyERP, worked on it for more than seven years, added features that clients wanted, features like a module system.
During the development process, the name was changed to OpenERP. After that in 2010, Mr. Pinckaers received a huge investment of three million euros from sofinnova partners. The funding was used to hire new staff and open a new office in the United States.