Hi,

 Yes, you can use Odoo’s Manufacturing app to manage your injection molds, but they are best treated as equipment or tools rather than products. By registering each mold in the Maintenance app, you can record maintenance history, schedule preventive work, and track downtime. This provides a clear way to manage mold lifecycle and costs.

To track shot counts, you can add a custom field on the equipment record and increment it whenever a manufacturing order produces parts. With a small customization, Odoo can even update the shot counter automatically from production orders and trigger maintenance requests after a set number of cycles.

You can also link molds directly to manufacturing orders or work orders, ensuring traceability of which mold was used for each production run. This setup gives you visibility into shot counts, maintenance schedules, and overall mold performance. Out of the box, Odoo covers the basics through Maintenance, and with minor customization you can achieve full shot-count automation.

Reference:

* https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/applications/inventory_and_mrp/manufacturing.html

* https://www.cybrosys.com/odoo/odoo-books/v18-ce/manufacturing/settings/

*https://www.cybrosys.com/blog/how-to-manage-maintenance-requests-in-odoo-18

* https://www.odoo.com/documentation/18.0/applications/inventory_and_mrp/maintenance.html

Hope it helps