Migration to Odoo · Wholesale / trading

Hast Enterprise: retiring a custom ERP for Odoo 18 Community

Nine years running on a system AddisERP built and maintained by hand — replaced with a standard, actively developed platform, timed to go live on the first day of the new Ethiopian business year.

The challenge

A capable system that had become a one-off to maintain

AddisERP originally built and supported a locally-developed ERP system for Hast Enterprise starting in 2017, covering their sales, purchase and inventory operations. It did the job for years — but a fully custom system means every improvement, integration and fix depends on a single development team rather than a wider platform ecosystem.

As Hast Enterprise's needs evolved, both the client and AddisERP saw the case for moving onto a standard platform instead of continuing to extend the custom build.

ClientHast Enterprise
SectorWholesale / trading
Prior systemCustom ERP, built & run by AddisERP since 2017
EngagementMigration to a standard platform
PlatformOdoo 18 Community Edition
ModulesSales · Purchase · Inventory
Go-live8 July 2026
What we did

Recommended the move, then carried the operation across cleanly

01

Recommended the switch

Based on Hast Enterprise's request and our own assessment of the custom system's limits, we proposed moving to Odoo 18 Community.

02

Carried over sales, purchase & inventory

Rebuilt their existing workflows — sales orders, purchasing and stock — on the new platform rather than starting from a blank slate.

03

Timed for a clean cutover

Go-live was set for 8 July 2026 — the opening day of the new Ethiopian business year — so the switch lined up with a natural bookkeeping boundary.

Timeline

Nine years on a custom build, then a clean handover to Odoo

2017

Custom ERP goes live

AddisERP builds and deploys a bespoke sales, purchase and inventory system for Hast Enterprise.

2026

Migration planned

Client request plus AddisERP's recommendation set the move to Odoo 18 Community in motion.

8 Jul '26

Go-live

Odoo 18 goes live on the first day of the new Ethiopian business year.

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