Distribution ERP has a reputation built on assumptions that stopped being true years ago. This piece holds each myth up against what is actually true for a distributor running a modern ERP in 2026, with Odoo as the worked example.

Manufacturing software earns its price by getting bills of material, demand-driven planning, and true product costing right. Most tools demo well and fall down on one of the three, so this checklist covers the features that decide whether a system holds up on your floor.

Are you puzzled by that? It’s frantic. You have production schedules to manage, inventories to find, and delays to understand on top of navigating….