Every van is a rolling warehouse — whether your software treats it like one or not
Field Service Van Stock & Parts Usage turns every service van into a real Odoo stock location, captures parts usage per job in seconds, and reconciles what gets loaded against what gets consumed — with no proprietary field-service module required.
The problem
Technicians roll out in vans that function as mobile warehouses, but most Odoo deployments only track inventory at fixed locations. Nobody knows what is actually on each van, parts get consumed without being logged against the job, vans run dry mid-route, and stock quietly walks off the books — driving down first-time-fix rates and leaving material cost unreconciled.
The solution
Field Service Van Stock & Parts Usage makes every van a real Odoo stock location with live quants and moves. Technicians log parts used against a job in one purpose-built form, dispatchers see exactly what needs restocking before a crew departs, and managers get issued-vs-consumed cost reconciliation and first-time-fix analytics — all without installing a separate field-service module.
Everything a rolling warehouse needs
Every capability below is implemented in the module.
Vans as real stock locations
Every van gets its own internal Odoo stock location automatically on creation, so on-hand quantities, valuation and traceability work exactly like any other warehouse — zero manual location setup.
Multi-vehicle fleet dashboard
A single kanban view shows every van’s on-hand value, restock-needed count and first-time-fix rate side by side, with one click into any van’s full detail.
Per-job parts usage capture
Technicians log parts consumed on a job — product, quantity, van — in one fast form, and marking the job done automatically moves stock from the van to the customer.
Load, unload & transfer movements
Auto-sequenced van movements track stock loaded from the warehouse, unloaded back, or transferred van-to-van, each with a one-click Confirm/Done workflow and full audit trail.
Min/max replenishment alerts
Set minimum and maximum stock levels per van per product; a dedicated Restock Needs view surfaces every product running low and lets you create a restock movement in one click.
Job material requisitions
Request the parts a job needs — customer, site, crew lead — before a crew leaves the depot, then load the requisition straight onto the assigned van.
Reusable job-kit templates
Build a kit once for a recurring job type and load its full parts list onto any van with a single wizard, eliminating repeat data entry.
Shortfall escalation workflow
When a van is missing a part, raise a shortfall and track it through Ordered, Received or Cancelled so gaps become visible procurement requests instead of failed visits.
Cost reconciliation & first-time-fix
Every van form computes issued-vs-consumed cost variance and first-time-fix rate automatically, turning raw movement data into the KPIs service managers track.
How it works
Load the van
Confirm a load movement, or load a job kit or requisition in one click, to move parts from the warehouse onto a van’s stock location.
Dispatch & work the job
Technicians open their job, mark it in progress, and head out knowing exactly what is on the van.
Log parts used
Add parts-usage lines on the job as work happens; marking the job done consumes the exact quantities from the van to the customer.
Reconcile & restock
Review issued-vs-consumed variance and first-time-fix rate on the van, then act on any Restock Needs before the next route.
Frequently asked
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No. This app depends only on standard Odoo Stock and Discuss (for chatter) — it installs standalone on Community with no proprietary field-service base module and no external mapping dependency.
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Field Service Van Stock & Parts Usage
Service vans as real stock locations with per-job parts usage, min/max replenishment alerts and job-kit templates — reconciled against cost and first-time-fix rates.
Buy on Odoo App Store