NEXA Newsletter
Odoo 20 is nearly here.
And we're breaking new ground.
The biggest Odoo release in years — plus a new partnership in Saudi landscaping.
The big one
Feature · Odoo 20
The release that stops answering questions and starts doing the work
Odoo 20 is unveiled at Odoo Experience in Brussels, 24–26 September, with the stable release following in the weeks after. The headline shift is agentic AI: instead of an assistant that answers when asked, Odoo 20 is built to carry out steps inside a workflow on its own. Alongside it comes a redesigned mobile app, simplified payroll, and direct bank payments from inside Odoo — batch payments and SEPA XML export, without the export-and-upload dance. Discuss and Phone gain a synchronised call recording and transcript player.
What NEXA advises
Don't upgrade the week it ships. Every major Odoo release settles over its first weeks, and an ERP is the wrong place to be an early adopter. Spend the rest of this year on the unglamorous part — inventory your custom modules, flag anything overriding core accounting or inventory logic, get a sandbox running against the release candidate. Then move in Q1, once the first maintenance releases have landed. The exception: if you're still on Odoo 17 or older, your gap is already wide enough that planning should start now regardless of when you pull the trigger.
Also this month
Miska joins us — landscaping, in Saudi Arabia
We've partnered with Miska to bring their landscape project delivery onto Odoo. Landscaping is a genuinely hard fit for ERP: every site is a one-off, costs move with weather and subcontractors, and the maintenance contract keeps running long after handover. Getting that into one system is the whole job.
Talk to us about project delivery →Egypt's threshold is lower than most people think
Anything over EGP 250,000 in 2025 revenue had to register by 31 March. And the B2C e-receipt regime is separate from e-invoicing — plenty of firms did one and assumed it covered the other.
Check your ETA status →Contracting runs on numbers you can't see yet
Progress billing, retention, variation orders, subcontractor claims — the figures that decide whether a project made money, usually settled months after handover. We configure them from day one.
See the contracting setup →Your Saudi headcount might not count
Since April, only employees whose contracts are documented on Qiwa count toward Nitaqat, and the wage floor to count rose to SAR 4,000. GOSI registration alone no longer does it.
Check your HR data →GOSI contributions went up in July
For Saudis under the post-2024 system the combined rate moved to 23.5% — 12.75% employer, 10.75% employee. Payroll configured before July needs updating.
Review your payroll setup →NEXA's take
We don't sell software installations. Fifteen years across manufacturing, retail and services means we'll question the process before we configure the system — the advice comes first, and Odoo is how it becomes operational.
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NEXA Newsletter
Odoo 20 is nearly here.
And we're breaking new ground.
The biggest Odoo release in years — plus a new partnership in Saudi landscaping.
The big one
Feature · Odoo 20
The release that stops answering questions and starts doing the work
Odoo 20 is unveiled at Odoo Experience in Brussels, 24–26 September, with the stable release following in the weeks after. The headline shift is agentic AI: instead of an assistant that answers when asked, Odoo 20 is built to carry out steps inside a workflow on its own. Alongside it comes a redesigned mobile app, simplified payroll, and direct bank payments from inside Odoo — batch payments and SEPA XML export, without the export-and-upload dance. Discuss and Phone gain a synchronised call recording and transcript player.
What NEXA advises
Don't upgrade the week it ships. Every major Odoo release settles over its first weeks, and an ERP is the wrong place to be an early adopter. Spend the rest of this year on the unglamorous part — inventory your custom modules, flag anything overriding core accounting or inventory logic, get a sandbox running against the release candidate. Then move in Q1, once the first maintenance releases have landed. The exception: if you're still on Odoo 17 or older, your gap is already wide enough that planning should start now regardless of when you pull the trigger.
Also this month
Miska joins us — landscaping, in Saudi Arabia
We've partnered with Miska to bring their landscape project delivery onto Odoo. Landscaping is a genuinely hard fit for ERP: every site is a one-off, costs move with weather and subcontractors, and the maintenance contract keeps running long after handover. Getting that into one system is the whole job.
Talk to us about project delivery →Egypt's threshold is lower than most people think
Anything over EGP 250,000 in 2025 revenue had to register by 31 March. And the B2C e-receipt regime is separate from e-invoicing — plenty of firms did one and assumed it covered the other.
Check your ETA status →Contracting runs on numbers you can't see yet
Progress billing, retention, variation orders, subcontractor claims — the figures that decide whether a project made money, usually settled months after handover. We configure them from day one.
See the contracting setup →Your Saudi headcount might not count
Since April, only employees whose contracts are documented on Qiwa count toward Nitaqat, and the wage floor to count rose to SAR 4,000. GOSI registration alone no longer does it.
Check your HR data →GOSI contributions went up in July
For Saudis under the post-2024 system the combined rate moved to 23.5% — 12.75% employer, 10.75% employee. Payroll configured before July needs updating.
Review your payroll setup →NEXA's take
We don't sell software installations. Fifteen years across manufacturing, retail and services means we'll question the process before we configure the system — the advice comes first, and Odoo is how it becomes operational.
Talk to us
Scan. Ask. Done.
Point your camera at the code to reach us on WhatsApp — or use the button.
Contact us
WHATSAPP