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Odoo Customisation · Reading

Odoo Customisation in Reading

Adapting Odoo to how Reading businesses work, with one principle doing most of the work: extend rather than replace. Odoo's inheritance model lets a custom module add to standard behaviour without editing it — and modifications built that way survive upgrades, while modifications that override core code have to be rewritten each year.

Why this comes up

The problem

Core files were edited to make one screen behave differently, and the annual upgrade now requires undoing and redoing all of it.

What you get

What we deliver

  • Changes delivered as separate modules that inherit rather than replace
  • Core files left untouched, so upgrades apply cleanly
  • Standard behaviour used wherever the process could reasonably adapt to it
  • Studio changes reviewed, since they are convenient and easy to lose track of
  • Each customisation justified against the cost of carrying it through upgrades
  • Custom modules documented and version controlled like the software they are

Want this scoped for your business in Reading?

Thirty minutes, no charge, no sales script. You leave with a written summary of what odoo customisation would actually involve — whether or not you use us.

Book a 30-minute call

Working in Reading

South East

Reading anchors the Thames Valley technology corridor, and local firms are often part of large enterprise supply chains where security review and integration standards are set by someone else.

Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains.

Sectors we work with in Reading

  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services

What we work with

Technologies and platforms

  • Odoo
  • Python
  • XML
  • PostgreSQL

Who we work with

Industries we serve

  • Manufacturing
  • Wholesale
  • Retail
  • Professional services
  • Small and medium businesses

Why us

Why Reading businesses choose Asionis

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

How we work

  1. Step 1

    Free consultation

    A 30-minute call to understand the problem. You keep the written summary either way.

  2. Step 2

    Proposal

    Scope, timeline and a fixed price, in writing, before anything starts.

  3. Step 3

    Build

    Short cycles with regular check-ins, so you see progress rather than hear about it.

  4. Step 4

    Launch and support

    We handle the go-live and stay available afterwards.

Odoo Customisation in Reading — common questions

What does extending rather than replacing mean?
Building a module that inherits from a standard one and adds or adjusts specific behaviour, leaving the original intact. The upgrade then updates the standard code beneath your addition, and only your change needs checking rather than the whole feature.
Is Studio a good way to customise?
For small adjustments, yes, and it is easy to accumulate changes nobody has recorded. Studio modifications are real changes that affect upgrades, so they need the same visibility as anything a developer writes rather than being treated as configuration.
How do we decide what is worth customising?
Weigh it against carrying it forward annually. A modification saving ten minutes a week may cost more than that in upgrade effort over three years, whereas one removing a genuine process obstacle repays itself regardless.
Should custom modules be version controlled?
Always. They are source code with the same needs — history, review, the ability to deploy the same thing to test and production. Custom modules living only on the server are a single failure away from being unrecoverable.
Do you work with businesses across Berkshire?
Yes. We are based in Leicester, United Kingdom and work with clients throughout South East, including Reading and the surrounding Berkshire area. Most collaboration happens remotely, and we travel for kick-offs and key milestones.
What kind of Reading businesses do you usually work with?
Work here usually has to satisfy someone else's security and integration standards, because clients sit inside larger enterprise supply chains. Beyond that we work across Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services and Professional Services.
Do you cover the areas around Reading?
Yes — we work throughout South East, including Oxford, London, Milton Keynes, Southampton. Reading is an urban area of roughly 340,000+, and we take on work across the wider Berkshire region rather than the city boundary alone.

Talk to us about Odoo Customisation in Reading

A 30-minute call with someone who would actually work on it. No sales script, no obligation.

  • Projects typically launched within 4–8 weeks
  • No long-term contracts required
  • All team members UK-based
  • Dedicated account manager and development team
  • Transparent reporting with monthly performance metrics
  • Scalable from startup to enterprise

Or reach us directly

07707 771599admin@asionis.com

Leicester, United Kingdom