Tim Kieft MSc
Radical Fanatics BV · Amsterdam
Odoo without the detours.
Tim Kieft is the founder and CEO of Radical Fanatics, Odoo Gold Partner in Amsterdam. He started working with Odoo when the platform was still young and has since built a team that has completed 80+ implementations for Dutch and European SMBs.
He created the TARGET method: a structured approach to running Odoo implementations on time, on scope, and on budget. The method is built on the most common failure modes in ERP projects, and how to eliminate them systematically.
Tim believes technology is the means, and people and processes are the point. His work ranges from sales and strategy to hands-on implementations across CRM, manufacturing, logistics, and finance. He writes about everything he learns, on this site, without the detours.
What he learns, he shares here.
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Exact Globe Next is end-of-life: what now?
The last full service pack for Exact Globe Next shipped in March 2026. After that: no updates, bugfixes or security patches. You are migrating either way - the question is whether you move to Globe+ or use this moment to choose once, properly.
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What does an Odoo implementation cost in 2026?
An Odoo implementation costs roughly €1,000 to €3,000 per user as a one-off. A manufacturer with 15 users and full scope usually lands between €25,000 and €30,000. This guide explains what drives the price and why it drops per user as you grow.
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In three months, AI changed our company
Last night at my entrepreneurs' club, within ten minutes the talk was about AI. At our company that wave is no longer a forecast - it is here. What shifted, how we do it, and why we pass the gains to the client.
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AI in manufacturing: from hours of work to minutes
At Agrowteam, AI turns a complex bill of materials from Inventor into an Odoo BOM - work that used to take hours, now done in minutes. How it works, where else it pays off on the shop floor, and when to wait.
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Custom software just got affordable for mid-sized companies
For years, the software a mid-sized company wanted and the software it could afford were two different lists. AI is bringing them together, and that changes what you can do with Odoo.
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Odoo for NGOs: why grant management is the key
NGOs run on idealism and accountability in equal measure. Odoo can be that foundation - but only with a grant management layer that thinks the way an NGO thinks.
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AI for cultural organisations: less reporting, more doing
A grant application of forty pages. Half of it sits in last year's applications. At NIMD, AI puts that ready. How this and other patterns work for cultural organisations and non-profits, with togrant.com and concrete examples from our work.
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When your checkout needs more than standard Odoo POS
Standard Odoo POS covers most retail: scan, pay, print, stock updated live. This guide covers when you need age checks, deposits or cross-channel loyalty, and when a dedicated till is the simpler choice.
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AI in hospitality: time back for your guests
An inbox with reservations, supplier receipts, guest questions and reviews - all mixed up. AI sorts it for you. A demand forecast on your own sales. Patterns that small hospitality businesses can now use, thanks to cheaper custom work.
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A self-service portal for your B2B customers, on Odoo?
Odoo has a B2B portal built in: per-customer pricing, payment terms, ordering against quotes. This guide covers what you get for free, what customers actually ask for, and where custom work pays off.
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AI in retail: only useful when your stock adds up
Three tills, a webshop, and on Saturday night three different stock figures. That is not an AI problem - that is an 'one-stock-figure' problem. Once you have that, AI can do a lot. Three patterns that work, and a few that do not yet.
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Custom prices and configurable products in Odoo: how far can you go?
Made-to-order products with dozens of options and prices in three spreadsheets? Odoo can turn that into a configurator that quotes itself in minutes. This guide covers what's standard, what's custom, and when each fits.
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Can Odoo really run your production floor?
Odoo plans production well out of the box. The floor itself needs a screen built for gloves and three-second glances. This guide covers what's standard, where the gap is, and how advanced planning fits.
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AI in professional services: one sentence to your planning
'Dominique is leaving, move all his ecommerce tasks to Mitchel.' That is not an email to a colleague - it is a command to Hypergantt. AI in services is concrete, not abstract. With Hypergantt, Jobse groep and NIMD as examples.
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What does Odoo customisation cost in 2026?
A focused custom Odoo module typically runs €4,000 to €15,000 and goes live in one to three weeks. This guide breaks down the price ranges, what drives them, and where AI has changed the maths.
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Is Odoo's webshop good enough, or do you need something custom?
For most mid-sized webshops, standard Odoo eCommerce is enough, and that's the point. This guide helps you tell when it fits, when targeted custom work pays off, and when to go fully headless.
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AI in wholesale: where it really earns its keep
A PDF order that books itself in Odoo. A price list built in four hours instead of four days. A B2B portal that proposes the right reorder. Four patterns we already have running for wholesalers.
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AI for your webshop: four things that already work
A product configurator on your Odoo webshop for less than a tenth of a comparable off-the-shelf platform. Product copy in three languages that does not get stuck. Four things AI does today, with examples from our own practice.
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From website visitor to concrete ERP lead
An ordinary contact form qualifies nothing. What if the website itself ran the first step of the sales conversation? A look at interactive lead capture with Updoo - and the ERP Reality Scanner as a concrete example.
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We are now an Odoo Gold Partner
As of July 2025, Radical Fanatics is officially an Odoo Gold Partner - a title that puts us among the top Odoo partners in the Netherlands. But while others grow in headcount, we deliberately choose to grow in quality.
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Top 10 Odoo partners in the Netherlands, compared
Annual update on the Dutch Odoo-partner landscape: six Gold partners, eight Silver, thirty Ready partners - and Radical Fanatics climbs to #6 as the smallest Gold partner. All 10 partners listed with cost, segment, sectors, location and references.
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Subcontracting in Odoo ERP with traceability based on lots and serial numbers
Video walkthrough on outsourcing production while maintaining full traceability through lots and serial numbers - all in standard Odoo, no custom development.
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Why I left AFAS for Odoo - and never looked back
A few years ago I sold my cloud-software company and got my first taste of AFAS. Solid for finance, but something was missing. A year later I found that 'something' in Odoo.
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Is your ERP ready for retirement? Time to switch - without the headaches.
Your ERP has served you for years, but it no longer works. Or you run a patchwork of separate tools. Five signs it is time for something new - and how to do it without the nightmare.
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Why civil-engineering firms finally need to get their software sorted
In the world of cables, pipes and excavators, it's all about speed and just-doing-it. Without a good system, those metres get lost in stray work orders, double-booked schedules and hours that never get logged.
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Why switching to S/4HANA isn't always the right call - and the best alternatives
SAP users being 'nudged' toward S/4HANA face a real decision: go with SAP's new platform, or look elsewhere. The main alternatives - NetSuite, Dynamics, Acumatica, Odoo - compared.
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G.O.D. (Getting Odoo Done) - a success formula for Odoo implementations, with a smile
For many entrepreneurs, implementing software is like assembling a motor with only an IKEA manual. Three principles to make it faster and more enjoyable: Getting Odoo Done.
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Why people with an ownership mindset are indispensable in SMB
Every company has a few. People who take responsibility without being told what to do. What makes them indispensable - and how they make the difference.
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I hate project management
Timeboxing. Agile. Leverage. Touchbase. Bullshit bingo. And yet we run thirty IT projects a year and they mostly go well. How that's possible - and the six points that make the difference.
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Keeping projects on track: how to avoid surprises
In every project there comes a point when you wonder: are we still on track? Without clear visibility on progress, even the best-planned project can run into trouble. Oversight is the backbone of success.
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Want fast progress? Here's how expert meetings solve the biggest project problems
You're deep in a project. Things look fine, until you hit a wall where you simply lack the knowledge. That's the moment for an expert meeting - not a broad discussion, but a focused session.
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