Ever since Lighthouse IT Solutions became an Odoo partner, we've been working hard to make the most of everything the platform has to offer. Odoo provides a robust suite of applications, ready to deploy right out of the gate, that covers a wide range of business needs.
And while our Navigate team can attest to the usefulness of these apps, reaching Odoo's true potential means taking full advantage of its support for custom development.
Whether it's making changes to existing applications or creating entirely new ones from scratch, Odoo fully supports the addition of custom developments to your database. It even has a marketplace where these developments can be shared and sold. If you find that Odoo's base components don't quite meet your business needs, Lighthouse IT Solutions can help.
Our Development Process
Our developers have experience working on multiple Odoo customization projects, from extending existing apps with additional functionality to building new ones from the ground up.
Here's how a typical project flows:
- Design & Discovery: We identify the specific needs that aren't met by base Odoo apps and plan how to address each of them.
- Environment Setup: Once a plan is established, we set up the app or extension development environment and core framework.
- Feature Development: Our developers begin building the desired features. By utilizing separate development branches, we can work on multiple features simultaneously and combine them into a single app once they're finished.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Before any feature is declared finished, it must be thoroughly tested. Testing is a critical step to ensure everything works as intended, even when confronted with unforeseen circumstances.
Lighthouse's development pipeline supports rapid deployment of updates, enabling us to test frequently and catch bugs quickly before they become problems.
What Can We Build?
If you're not fully sure what kinds of customizations are possible, the good news is that our library of work includes many different examples we've created and deployed for our clients, and perhaps our most impressive development is the app we created for a client to integrate their existing email platform into Odoo. In addition to catching all incoming emails and storing them in Odoo, it also links emails to their respective contact records, filters out spam, and stores attachments in our cloud storage solution, Harmony Cloud Drive. Just a completely custom email client, fully built on Odoo. No big deal.
Other Custom Developments
We've also built a range of other solutions, including:
- Interactive image galleries and custom website elements
- Applicant tracking solutions for employment recruiters
- Restoration of deprecated Odoo functionality
- Integrations with third-party software such as password managers, documentation assistance tools, and secure AI agents
- And more!
Ready to See What's Possible?
Having advanced tools at your fingertips can do wonders for improving workflow efficiency, and Odoo is a full suite of advanced business tools. But if those tools aren't enough on their own, no worries. Lighthouse IT Solutions' team of developers can build the custom solution your business needs.
If you'd like to learn more about what Odoo can do for you, reach out to us here at Lighthouse IT Solutions. We'd love to give you a hands-on demonstration of everything Odoo has to offer.