Odoo gives you native eCommerce, inventory, manufacturing and accounting out of the box. Aktiv adds the automotive layer — fitment, dealer pricing, ACES/PIES, and AktivCPQ for configurable parts. One platform. One database. No integration layer between what you sell and what you book.
Many aftermarket teams run on a catalog spreadsheet, a web store, a marketplace account, a warehouse tool and a separate accounting package. Each one works on its own. Together, they create the same six problems.
Year, make, model and engine applications sit in Excel files and supplier sheets. Your website, sales desk and warehouse each work from a different version.
When fit is unclear, customers order the wrong part. Every return costs freight, handling time and a little of your customer's trust.
Stock on hand, in transit and on order sits in different places, so buyers reorder on gut feel and fast movers run out.
Your website, Amazon, dealer orders and phone orders are handled separately, with stock levels updated by hand.
Jobber, dealer, fleet and retail price levels live in spreadsheets. Discounts get approved without anyone seeing the margin.
Orders, invoices, sales tax and payments reconcile in a separate tool, so profit by brand or channel shows up weeks later.
High SKU counts, several warehouses, jobber and dealer accounts, and same-day order turnaround.
Stock and made-to-order parts, bills of materials, quality checks and configurable products with AktivCPQ.
Core returns, teardown and rebuild orders, and warranty tracking on every remanufactured unit.
A fitment-ready web store, marketplace orders and fast fulfilment, all from one stock pool.
Odoo's standard apps already cover sales, eCommerce, inventory, purchasing, manufacturing and accounting — natively, as part of the same database. Aktiv adds the automotive layer on top: fitment, cross-references, vehicle search, dealer price logic. AktivCPQ handles configurable parts when you need them.
Most parts platforms in the market solve one problem well — catalog and fitment, or dealer management, or accounting — and leave the rest to integrations. Odoo is structurally different: eCommerce, inventory, manufacturing and accounting are the same application, sharing one database. Aktiv adds the automotive layer on top of that same database. No sync layer. No reconciliation gap. No "which system is the source of truth" question.
Very large enterprises with existing deep integrations into legacy ERP, custom-built catalog systems with 10+ years of logic, or OEM-franchise reporting requirements that tie you to a specific DMS — these are cases where the fragmented stack exists for a reason, and switching costs can outweigh the one-platform gain. If that's you, we'll say so during discovery. For most parts businesses in the $5M-$200M range, one platform wins.
Every step above happens in the same Odoo database. No API calls between apps. No reconciliation batch jobs. The order a customer places and the revenue your accountant sees are the same record.
Bring a few part numbers and a list of the tools you use today. We will show you how your fitment, orders, stock and accounting would run together on Odoo.
No. Standard Odoo does not include automotive fitment. Aktiv adds it as part of the solution: fitment linked to each part, vehicle search on your website, and fit shown on quotes and orders.
Yes. During migration we bring in fitment and product data from your current files. If you work with ACES and PIES, we map those formats during discovery.
Yes. Our Briem Automotive implementation is built around roughly 40,000 active SKUs. We size hosting and structure the catalog for your volume during discovery.
Odoo includes an Amazon connector, and your Odoo website and dealer portal run on the same stock. Other marketplaces and EDI connections are scoped during discovery.
We decide with you what data is worth moving, clean it, and migrate parts, customers, vendors, open orders and balances. Cutover is planned around your busiest periods.
No. The solution is built for parts businesses: distributors, manufacturers, remanufacturers and online sellers. It does not replace a franchise dealership DMS.
It depends on SKU count, channels and integrations. Smaller businesses can start with our 8-week Odoo Quickstart. Larger operations begin with a discovery phase that produces a clear scope, plan and estimate.
Tell us what you sell and the tools you use today. A consultant will get in touch to set up a demo tailored to your catalog.