Key Takeaways
- Tag first, integrate second
- Treat the EPC as the source of truth
- Use Odoo's stock.quant hook
01Tag first, integrate second
Pick the tag for the material, not the price. On metal shelving, an anti-metal tag beats a low-cost generic one — the latter simply can't be read.
02Treat the EPC as the source of truth
Encode SKU + lot + serial into the EPC so the reader alone can resolve identity — no lookup tables. This lets filtering, deduplication and anomaly detection happen on the gateway.
03Use Odoo's stock.quant hook
SpidersRFID's connector writes to Odoo's native stock.quant table, not custom tables. Every downstream view — inventory, sales, purchase, manufacturing — inherits RFID accuracy automatically, with no sync jobs.
04Stream via MQTT, don't poll
A single SR-U820 can emit 5,000 events/sec — polling will miss them. MQTT lets the ERP receive at event pace, with latency stable under 1 second.
05Phase the rollout
Tags → handhelds → overhead readers → AI gates. Each phase pays for the next, keeping risk and budget manageable.



