Sage X3 and Odoo: compare at the next upgrade

For mid-sized manufacturers and distributors on Sage X3.

Too deep?

The short answer

Sage X3 is a good fit for mid-sized manufacturers and distributors.
Odoo is a good fit for MRP, quality, PLM, warehouse, ecommerce and accounting in one database.
TRC ERP sets Odoo up for your business and connects what you keep.

What Sage X3 does well

Sage X3 serves mid-sized manufacturers and distributors with strong lot control and multi-company finance.

Where Odoo fits

Odoo runs MRP, quality, PLM, warehouse, ecommerce and accounting in one database.
When the next X3 upgrade or cloud move comes, put Odoo in the comparison.

The deciding factor: Process manufacturing depth, or breadth of front-office apps.

Your question · What happens · Odoo 20 · How TRC delivers it

Finance and tax

Several companies and currencies? · Available in Odoo · Multi-company and multi-currency in one database, with intercompany rules. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Reporting by department, project or region? · Available in Odoo · Analytic accounting and budgets. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Stock and operations

Warehouses, purchasing and manufacturing? · Available in Odoo · Inventory, Purchase and Manufacturing, in the same database as finance. · Standard in Odoo

Point of sale, e-commerce and field service? · Available in Odoo · Standard Odoo apps. · Standard in Odoo

Sales and customers

CRM and quotes with live stock and prices? · Available in Odoo · CRM, Sales and price lists. · Standard in Odoo

People and scale

Payroll? · Stays, connected to Odoo · Your payroll provider posts journals into Odoo. · TRC connects

Approvals and access by role? · Available in Odoo · Approval rules and access rights. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Setup and data

Where does it run? · Available in Odoo · Odoo Online, Odoo.sh or your own servers. · Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

Moving across? · TRC moves it across · A trial import you check, then the switch at a period end. · TRC builds

Where Odoo goes further

Operations and finance in one database

Stock, production and service post to finance as they happen. Standard in Odoo

Group structures

Multi-company, multi-currency and intercompany rules in one place. Standard in Odoo · TRC configures

How TRC handles the rest

Your history

Carried across and reconciled with you before anything switches.

What you keep

Anything that still earns its place is connected, not replaced.

The timing

Planned around your own timing and your year end.

Moving across

What comes over: opening balances, customers, suppliers, products, open items, and history to a date you agree.
How: TRC maps your Sage X3 data and runs a trial import. You check it, then the switch happens at a period end.
What runs alongside: Anything you keep, such as payroll or a specialist system, is connected rather than replaced.

Who should stay on Sage X3

X3 is the group system, with Odoo connected where a unit needs its own.

Questions buyers ask

Process manufacturing depth, or breadth of front-office apps.

No. One company, site or process first, with what you keep connected.

Why TRC

TRC has implemented and supported business systems since 1991. We plan the move with you, with your history carried across.

An official Odoo partner, registered in the US, UK, Ireland and South Africa.

From our implementation and support experience

Aubren. A connected operational view for a growing manufacturer.

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Odoo applications involved

Journeys to explore

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