A scalable Odoo baseline for the launch of MMAVE
Following its spin-off from an existing company, MMAVE needed an independent and cost-efficient ERP solution at short notice. CONSENSO configured Odoo, migrated the relevant master and project data, and connected sales, purchasing, inventory, projects, time tracking, accounting and HR processes on a single shared platform.
At a glance
Initial Situation
With the spin-off, MMAVE had to build an independent system landscape within a short time. The new company needed to take over existing customer relationships, projects, products and suppliers and continue operations without a lengthy interruption.
A comprehensive enterprise solution such as SAP or Microsoft Dynamics would have been too complex and too costly for the young company. At the same time, a simple accounting solution was not enough, because MMAVE already had to connect several business areas from day one.
Media technology projects involve procuring numerous individual components from different suppliers. Alongside the products, various types of labour also have to be recorded — consulting and project management, technical planning, installation and assembly, configuration, repair and service work, and work billed by actual time spent.
For services to be costed and invoiced correctly, products, projects, working hours, purchasing and inventory have to be connected to one another.
The relevant data from the previous corporate environment also had to be carried over into the new Odoo environment — in particular contacts, customers, suppliers, products and projects.
Solution with Odoo
CONSENSO configured a lean Odoo baseline for MMAVE covering the key business processes of a project- and service-oriented media technology company.
Customer enquiries and sales opportunities are handled through CRM and Sales. MMAVE can create quotations that cover both products and different types of labour and service.
Once an order is placed, the work is organised through Projects and Tasks. Employees record their working hours directly against the relevant projects or customer orders. MMAVE can therefore trace how much effort went into consulting, project management, installation, repair or further technical work.
Time tracking also forms the basis for customer-specific invoicing of time-and-materials and service work.
Purchasing and Inventory were set up so that the components needed for an order can be managed and procured. When a quotation or order is created, it is clear which products are already available and which materials have to be reordered.
Alongside the operational sales, project and logistics processes, CONSENSO also set up accounting, payroll and core HR processes. These include working schedules, permissions and employee administration.
For the launch of the new company, the relevant data from the previous system environment was carried over into Odoo in a structured way. The migration covered contacts and customers, suppliers, products and product information, existing projects and further master data needed to start operations. MMAVE could therefore continue existing business relationships and projects without having to re-enter all the information manually.
Result
- Fast availability of an independent ERP platform
- A shared data foundation for sales, projects, purchasing, inventory, finance and HR
- Continuation of existing customer relationships and projects after the spin-off
- Less manual re-entry thanks to the initial data migration
- Transparency over working hours and effort per project and order
- A connection between products, technical services and time-and-materials work
- A better overview of components in stock and those still to be procured
- Customer-specific invoicing of the services recorded
- A cost-efficient start without an oversized system landscape
- A scalable foundation for the company's further development
Project at a glance
- Industry
- Media technology and collaboration solutions
- Project type
- Odoo rollout for a corporate spin-off
- Project status
- Baseline implemented, further expansion stages planned
- Project scope
- Data migration, sales, purchasing, inventory, projects, time tracking, finance and HR
- Company stage: Newly founded company
- Highlights: A fast ERP start with a deliberately lean and scalable scope
Competencies
- Accounting & Payroll
- Datenmigration
- Medientechnik
- Odoo ERP-Implementierung
- Odoo für KMU
- Projektmanagement
- Purchase & Inventory
- Skalierbare ERP-Architektur
- Unternehmensausgründung
- Zeiterfassung
About the company
MMAVE is a Swiss technology company for end-to-end media technology. Its offering includes boardrooms, hybrid collaboration, digital signage solutions and service and maintenance work. The company supports its customers from planning and design through installation and training to long-term care of the installations.
MMAVE was created through the spin-off of the MediaKom division of EOTEC AG. The existing team and its expertise were carried over into the new company. Operations began on 1 March 2026.
The business model combines project-based media technology with the sale of numerous components, installation work, time-and-materials work and recurring service and maintenance contracts.
Odoo apps used
Sales and customer processes: CRM · Sales · Invoicing · Contacts
Projects and services: Project · Timesheets
Purchasing and supply chain: Purchase · Inventory
Finance and HR: Accounting · Employees · Payroll · Attendances
Organisation and administration: Calendar · Documents
Integrations and custom extensions
- Initial migration of customer, supplier, product and project data
- Configuration of different product and service types
- Connection of products, labour and time tracking within customer orders
- Setup of procurement and inventory processes for numerous individual components
- Representation of time-and-materials, project and service work
- Permission structure for the different user roles
- Configuration of working schedules and core HR master data
The first implementation wave deliberately focused on standard Odoo functionality and a lean baseline. Extensive custom development was not required for the initial scope described.
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