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Lunch for the office, ordered, approved, and costed
Meal types, kitchens and meal orders for employees, departments and guests, with approval, an employee price against the company price, and an analysis of meal cost over time.
Meal Orders (technical name to_hr_meal) is an Odoo 17.0 app for Odoo Community and Odoo Enterprise and Viindoo Cloud, built for office manager, kitchen, hr manager, payroll.
At a Glance
The facts of Meal Orders, version 1.0.1, in one place. Published by Viindoo.
Technical name
to_hr_meal
Odoo version
17.0 (Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud)
Category
Human Resources/Meal
Depends on
hr_holidays, to_base, viin_hr
Adds
5 new models, 4 extended models, 11 menus, 3 settings, 2 access groups
Best for
Office manager; Kitchen; HR manager; Payroll
Not for
It orders; it does not invoice the kitchen.
Key features
Meal types with scheduled hour and price; kitchens with a responsible, Meal orders with lines loaded per department or for everyone, plus guests, Employee price versus company price on every line, Draft, confirmed, approved, refused, cancelled with approver and date, Order Meal flag on the employee; company-wide employee price setting, Meal orders analysis and employee meal history
How It Works
Set up types and a kitchen; order per department; approve.
1
An order
Lunch for the Sales department, four employees, prices per line.
2
The orders
A week of orders across states.
3
The analysis
Quantities and cost by type and department.
4
The types
Lunch, dinner, night meal - hour and price.
What You Get
Meal types with scheduled hour and price; kitchens with a responsible
Meal orders with lines loaded per department or for everyone, plus guests
Employee price versus company price on every line
Draft, confirmed, approved, refused, cancelled with approver and date
Order Meal flag on the employee; company-wide employee price setting
Meal orders analysis and employee meal history
More Screens
Everything below was taken on a database seeded with real business data, on this series - not a mock-up and not a screenshot from an older version.
What This App Does Not Do
Read this before you buy. Everything below is something the app deliberately leaves to another app or to you.
It orders; it does not invoice the kitchen.
Vendor bills stay in Purchase.
One meal per employee per date and type.
Duplicates are refused.
Payroll deduction needs the companion.
HR Meal Order & Payroll.
No menu choice per employee.
A meal type is the menu.
Works Well With
Apps from the same stack, built to fit this one:
Who Should Use Meal Orders?
Office manager
Places the order for the day.
Kitchen
Gets the quantities per meal.
HR manager
Approves and reads the cost.
Payroll
Deducts the employee share with the payroll companion.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Meal Orders do?
Meal types, kitchens and meal orders for employees, departments and guests, with approval, an employee price against the company price, and an analysis of meal cost over time.
What does Meal Orders not do?
It orders; it does not invoice the kitchen. Vendor bills stay in Purchase. One meal per employee per date and type. Duplicates are refused. Payroll deduction needs the companion. HR Meal Order & Payroll. No menu choice per employee. A meal type is the menu.
Who is Meal Orders for?
Office manager: Places the order for the day. Kitchen: Gets the quantities per meal. HR manager: Approves and reads the cost. Payroll: Deducts the employee share with the payroll companion.
Which Odoo version and editions does it support?
Odoo 17.0 - Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud. Upgrades to a newer Odoo series are a separate purchase for that series.
What does it depend on?
It installs on top of: hr_holidays, to_base, viin_hr. Odoo installs them with it.
How do I set it up?
Set up types and a kitchen; order per department; approve.
What works well with it?
Meal & Payroll (to_hr_payroll_meal): Deduct the employee share. Badge in employee name (to_hr_barcode_in_emp_name): Unambiguous lines. HR extensions (viin_hr): The base.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes - the Live Preview button at the top of this page opens the module's own screen on a working database.
How do I get support?
Write to apps.support@viindoo.com with your Odoo version and the technical name to_hr_meal; pre-sales questions go to sales@viindoo.com.
Need help with Meal Orders?
For questions, implementation support or a custom feature, contact Viindoo.
Upgrades to a newer Odoo series are a separate purchase for that series.
All Viindoo apps: apps.odoo.com/apps/modules/browse?author=Viindoo
About Viindoo. Viindoo builds and maintains more than 1,000 apps on the Odoo App Store for the Community and Enterprise editions and runs them on Viindoo Cloud. A purchase of Meal Orders covers the 17.0 series: bug fixes on the module reach you through the store, questions go to apps.support@viindoo.com with the technical name to_hr_meal, and moving to a newer Odoo series is a separate purchase for that series. Source code is delivered with the module and stays yours to read and adapt.
Technical Requirement
Editions: Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud
Changes log
1.0.1 - Latest on the 17.0 line
- Aligned with the 17.0 models and views.
Installation
- Navigate to Apps.
- Search with keyword to_hr_meal.
- Press Install.
Instruction
Instruction video: Meal Orders
1. Initial configuration
To start using the Meal management software, you need to do some initial configuration by going to the HR Meal > Configuration. The configuration includes:
- Create HR Meal Tyles: create meal styles to categorize meals by criteria such as time or price. For example lunch, dinner, normal meal, deluxe meal,...
- Create HR Kitchen: create the company's internal kitchens (if necessary) to manage the company's kitchens.
- Create HR Meal Type Alerts: create notifications for meal types, to alert bookers about the time to order meals. For example, lunch must be ordered by 10 a.m.
2. Create HR Meal orders
- The responsible person will go to HR Meal > HR Meal Orders > Create to create meal orders. Here, you need to fill in the following information:
- Meal type of the meal order;
- Meal order object: you can create meal orders for all employees, specific departments or employees;
- Meal order source: from the company's internal kitchen or an external supplier.
In addition, you can also order meals for guests corresponding to the staff in charge when needed.
Click Confirm after completing the above information.
- The meal manager checks the information and processes Approve or Refuse the meal order to finalize the number of meals to notify the kitchen or supplier.
3. Meal orders analysis
Go to HR meal > Reports > Meal orders analysis to view meal reports for your management purposes. For example: When is the time to order meals; How many meals did each kitchen serve to plan personnel and materials; Why is the trend of increasing/decreasing the cost of meals,...
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