We're on Odoo v17 and I'm looking into storing our product packaging materials data in Odoo. Meaning: for product X the primary packaging contains 10g cardboard, 2g PET, etc.; the secondary packaging contains 15g cardboard, 10g styrofoam, etc.

To store the packaging dimensions and total weight (tara) I found the solution of creating per product a package line (in Product detail > tab "Inventory"), with actually a package type per product / type of packaging for that product. Using the OCA module product-packaging-dimension we could then store the dimensions. If we want to store primary and secondary packaging data for 5k products then that would mean 10k package types (assuming no two products use the exact same packaging, which is mostly the case). Seems a strange use of "package types", am I on the right track?

Still, this only solves the dimensions, and doesn't allow for the packaging materials to be stored?

Our integrator advises against the use of Odoo Studio as it mixes badly with their custom work for us. So is the only option a custom feature to store packaging materials? Or outside of Odoo?

Are there plans for future versions of Odoo to be able to do this natively?