The Growth of Odoo APAC: The 1 Year Anniversary For Odoo Indonesia

The Big Belgian Unicorn, Odoo, Celebrated A Fantastic First Anniversary In Indonesia This November

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A little celebration is in order this week as another milestone is accomplished.

As we embark towards Christmas, there is always a time for celebration, and this week we do indeed take time out to celebrate that Odoo Indonesia has celebrated their 1st anniversary of the Indonesian office. While it might seem small, this is a big step for the branch, as Odoo in the region continues to grow rapidly.

It's no different with?Indonesia, as the region of APAC has been getting heavy investment by Odoo in the last recent months, and we've seen this through Odoo's Education Program for APAC, which was recently presented by Ivan Kwok at the Belgian ERP mogul.

This time, we are celebrating with Partners and customers like Ismaya, Pertamina Energy Terminal, DORE, Dekoruma, Abuba Steak, Perum Bulog and Arista Group, among others.

The newest kid on the block, in this month is one to look out for as the APAC region continues to grow further only having opened last June. Located in Jakarta, it has seen speedy growth.

Another big step by the Belgian Unicorn as more businesses are looking to become digitalised more than ever. For anyone new to the Odoo ecosystem, the Indonesia branch or market has been developed for more than 5 years, and an annual sustained growth continues to build. Again this time round, breaking records again, with an average 91.2% annual growth and local channel Odoo Partners increasing 4x, with now 189 active local partners.

You can find all the Odoo Indonesia Partners here for reference:

It's not something which has happened overnight however, as the region has been active as I said for a long while, and with good participation as well. We can see an example of that regarding Odoo Days Indonesia 2022, with Odoo 16 being unveiled and with billboard marketing campaigns. And yes I know, it seems like a long time since then...

'This makes Indonesia the best-performing market in APAC for Odoo across six consecutive years in the making...'

So before I dive into the Odoo?APAC?market a little further, and likewise, as you know - I'm currently in my last days of travelling around Australia, meeting with the wider Odoo Community. I think we need to take a moment to just say how fantastic that is.?I know how fast the region is growing regarding Odoo and to come out on top of that is incredible.

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This Edition's Ingredients

Let's take a look at this article's ripe ingredients to see what's coming up.

• ?? The Growth of Odoo Indonesia
• ?? Pathway For Integrations

I won't keep us any longer, however, so let's jump right into this week's first topic.

If you are a fan of the Odoo Community, however, and missed the Odoo Award ceremony at Odoo Experience 2024, take a look back as I cover the winners of each region/area. A great opportunity to reflect on a successful year with Odoo at the forefront.???

The Growth of Odoo?Indonesia

The APAC region, as you know, has seen tremendous growth in recent years, which I am going to be looking forward to diving into when I get back from Australia, but for now - how has this affected the region of Indonesia and the office specifically?

How Has The Office of Odoo Indonesia Developed?

Now locally based, the Indonesia office, according to Odoo, is extremely confident in extending services and further helping businesses of all sizes with Business Transformation in mind. Taking key advantage of optimised workflows and national economic growth.

In line with market expansion, Odoo now aims to base operations in BSD as the area looks to embody a thriving start-up environment, which as we know is core to the values of Odoo from the very get go. Something I very much highlighted in one of my previous edition, #40 as we looked back at Odoo's 22nd Birthday and the history of the platform/ecosystem.

If you want to read more about that and Odoo's background, you can do so here:

From a simple squad of three, the Odoo Indonesia branch has now spread across to a team of 80-strong. In 2024 alone, Odoo engaged in 41 events across some major cities and locations with Medan, Bandung, Surabaya and Makassar. Also includes Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawaesi, again supporting and providing insight to local businesses and organisations within just a year of opening. Director of Odoo Indonesia - Benny Putra Sugito , had to say this:

"The opening of Odoo's new office in BSD marks a significant milestone in our effort to penetrate the Indonesian market. Looking at our journey so far, I am also extremely proud of my team for their relentless contributions in helping our customers become more efficient, one app at a time." Moving forward, we aim to expand the team even more and the best part is: we are always looking for top talents to join us!"

It likewise builds on the culture, that we have seen with Odoo Indonesia, recently stated in the 'Odooers Survival Guide', which I will be discussing more on soon, it's known as an office which is heavily into sports but also the diverse background which makes up the office. Even having different food themes each week as part of Happy Hour.

It seems that in recognition of the big milestone, Odoo aims to continue supporting the key Indonesian business scene while further expanding to generate employment opportunities in the region for Business Management and Technology where applicable. It comes back to education as well, with the overall aim of providing easy digital transformation processes across a viable 64.2 million businesses of all sizes that reside in Indonesia.

The Pathway For Further Integration

As the market has developed, we've seen further support across solutions aimed to benefit the Indonesian market. Starting with Xendit , an Indonesian Payment Solution Provider that has been made standard in Odoo. Allowing businesses to facilitate transactions both in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia via QRIS, e-wallets, stores and much more, including other payment methods which have been favoured. The team introduced QRIS into the system to maximise wats to receive payments, furthermore facilitating a more convenient and more localised payment process for Indonesian users across Odoo.

e-Faktur is another one to support the Tax Office application process with Odoo now collecting relevant and necessary data to automate documents in assisting customers/users to submit the process correctly in relation to compliance and local regulations. Also, further in the very last stages of integrating with Pajak.io?for direct submission via Odoo.

Odoo also announced in October, the upcoming integration with Shopee , the leading eCommerce platform based in Southeast Asia.

So as the office and region continue to grow, it is going to be fantastic to see how Indonesia grows further. For more information on the integration capabilities which are specific to the region, you can find more information through the Odoo 18.0 relevant documentation which is given by Odoo directly:

Congrats to Odoo Indonesia Again, And Let's See Who The New Office Kid On The Block Might Be In 2025, Maybe?

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