Odoo runs the operations.
Sales, purchasing, inventory, deliveries and invoices: an extensible business foundation. Community is its open-source edition; at Cobra, we use Enterprise on Odoo.sh.
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Odoo + Shopify.
Real ideas for
your business.
I share what I build at Cobra: connecting the store to operations, making daily work easier and automating with AI. Real screenshots and ideas to use in your business.
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FIELD NOTES / 01
SELL.
OPERATE.
CONNECT.
OPERATE.
CONNECT.
↔Odoo + Shopify
From integration to daily operations.
HUGO LAHUTTE EN / 2026
FROM THE FIELD
FROM THE FIRST CART TO BANK RECONCILIATION
01 / WHY THESE TWO
Two strengths.
One business.
I want to improve the customer experience while keeping control of operations. This combination gives me two specialized systems and the freedom to build the business connections I need.
Shopify powers commerce.
A platform built for selling: storefront, checkout, customer accounts and an app ecosystem. Its role in my architecture is to serve customers while Odoo organizes fulfillment.
AI accelerates the work.
Reading code, mapping workflows, investigating discrepancies and preparing fixes. APIs and extensions give agents ways to interact. Permissions, tests and approvals determine what they can do.
Find the choices, screenshots and practical ideas in the book.
02 / WHAT YOU GET
Practical detail.
Blind spots included.
- 01
A map of responsibilities
Accounts, addresses, products, variants, prices, discounts, inventory and merchandising: who owns what, who receives it, where to check.
- 02
Incidents worth learning from
Duplicate orders, uncertain remote outcomes, archived variants still for sale, missing invoices and repeated notifications.
- 03
Finance from day one
Authorization, capture, invoices, credit notes, payments, fees, payouts, banking and reconciliation. The links that explain a sale.
- 04
A reusable implementation path
18 steps to scope, connect, test, launch gradually and operate. Including restrictions and the recovery plan you need.
A practical guide you can read at your own pace.
03 / FROM THE FIELD
I run a business.
I build, too.
I’m Hugo Lahutte, managing director of Cobra and founder of HL Consulting. The project was already underway with Irokoo in early 2025 and went live in March 2025. Since April 2026, I have taken over its continued development with the teams, using AI to understand, test and build.
I take the approach of a forward deployed engineer: start with a real business problem, work through the code and check that the solution works in daily operations.
Let’s connect on LinkedIn ↗I share what I learn by doing.
04 / IN PRACTICE
Less searching.
More useful action.
See the full picture.
Order status, supplier responses, invoices and payments: bring the information together and move between records without searching everywhere.
Automate repeated work.
Price adjustments, direct shipping, replenishment and supplier follow-up: turn business rules into actions with clear limits.
Put agents to work.
Find an email, analyze an invoice, prepare a product or a payment batch. Specific permissions and human approvals govern each workflow.
These are examples from the project, with different levels of automation. The book explains the architecture, workflows and checks behind the integration.
05 / YOUR TURN
Get the book.
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Enter your details, confirm your email and access the PDF. And if these topics resonate, let’s keep the conversation going.
PDF / EN / 2026
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Before you read
Is this an official Odoo or Shopify guide?
No. It’s an independent account of a real project, with official documentation references and a clear distinction between observed facts and planned improvements.
Is everything already automated at Cobra?
No. The book separates existing flows, deployed fixes and unfinished work. Invoice access, financial consistency and recovery paths still need end-to-end validation.
Is this combination right for every business?
It means maintaining two systems, their costs and an integration. A simpler business may only need one tool. This book helps you ask the right questions before choosing.