Compare · ERP with a PLM app
Launchglass vs. Odoo PLM: every department, not just the BOM.
Odoo’s PLM app versions the bills of materials your factory builds from. Launchglass runs everything around them — phase gates for new products, engineering changes routed to everyone they touch, and the follow-up — set up in the browser, without an ERP project.
Why teams choose Launchglass
What Launchglass adds alongside Odoo.
No ERP project required
Launchglass runs on its own, next to Odoo, so the process can improve this month rather than after a migration.
Changes reach everyone downstream
Not just the approver: the operator who needs the new file, whoever updates the website, and the salespeople who show that product.
New products get gates too
The same rules that route a change run each launch through its phase gates, asking for what each gate needs.
Answers without building a report
Ask “which launches are behind on tooling?” and get an answer from live data, linked to the cards it came from and limited to what you’re allowed to see.
Side by side
Launchglass vs. Odoo PLM, side by side.
| Capability | Odoo PLM | Launchglass |
|---|---|---|
| New product stage-gates | Odoo PLM: Not part of the PLM app; built in Odoo Project with configuration | Launchglass: Stages with criteria the system enforces, from an NPD stage-gate template |
| Engineering changes | Odoo PLM: ECO stages with required approvers, applied to the BOM | Launchglass: Routed to approvers and everyone downstream — operators, sales, marketing — with every request chased until it’s answered |
| Follow-up | Odoo PLM: Activities scheduled by hand | Launchglass: Rules request what’s needed automatically, send reminders, and show who’s blocking |
| Setup | Odoo PLM: Implementation isn’t included; success packs for small companies and partners beyond | Launchglass: Set up in the browser by whoever owns the process, with no code |
| Prioritization | Odoo PLM: Not part of the PLM app | Launchglass: Voting rounds, a reason behind every vote, and analytics of how priorities trend over time |
| Your BOMs | Odoo PLM: Held & versioned in Odoo | Launchglass: Stay in Odoo — Launchglass runs alongside, with data moving by CSV |
Getting started
Launchglass runs alongside Odoo PLM.
Get started free
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Keep your system of record
Your records stay in Odoo PLM. Launchglass runs the process around them, with data moving in & out by CSV.
Prove it on a real launch
Run one of your real launches on it before you commit to a paid plan.
Questions
Common questions.
Can we use Launchglass alongside Odoo?
Yes. Odoo stays the system of record for BOMs & production, and Launchglass runs the process around them — every department’s part in each launch & change. Data moves between the two by CSV.
Why add Launchglass if we already run Odoo?
Because Odoo PLM controls the BOM, not the people around it. Launchglass makes sure every department does its part on each launch & change — the approver, the operator who needs the new file, sales, marketing — and shows who’s blocking. New products get phase gates too, set up in the browser rather than through an ERP project.
Get started
See it on a process like yours.
Get started free and run one of your real launches on it, or book a 15-minute demo first — so you can compare with your own eyes, not just a table.