California-based Natura Improves 7 Core Business Functions with Team UncannyCS

Natura is a California-based cannabis manufacturer with a business model that covers the entire product journey under one roof. From cultivation and extraction to manufacturing and distribution, the company manages each stage internally. It is also the brand house behind Sluggers, a premium cannabis name offering flower, pre-rolls, vapes, blunts, and other product lines.

But operating this way comes with its own set of challenges. Every plant, harvest, batch, and packaged product needs to be tracked and reported through METRC, while internal teams still need to manage production, inventory, sales, and finance. Natura partnered with Uncanny to bring these moving parts into Odoo and to build a direct METRC integration aligned with its actual workflows.

Too Much Manual Work Around METRC

Every plant, harvest, package, transfer, and inventory adjustment had to be reflected in METRC. Managing these updates separately took time and left room for mismatched records.

Manufacturing and Compliance Worked Side by Side

Production activity could not stop at an internal inventory update. Material consumption, batch outputs, losses, and finished packages also had to follow California’s reporting requirements.

Data Was Spread Across Different Systems

Cultivation, extraction, manufacturing, and distribution teams worked with different processes and records. This made it difficult to get a clear view of inventory or production at any given time.

Inventory Differences Created Compliance Risk

When internal stock records did not match METRC balances, teams had to spend time finding the source of the difference and correcting it before it became a larger issue.

Limited View of Production

Managers did not have an easy way to check work in progress, batch yields, or production status as activities moved from one stage to another.

Reporting Took Too Much Effort

Sales, inventory, profitability, and financial information often had to be pulled together manually, leaving management with delayed information when quicker decisions were needed.

Building Operations Around Odoo

Team UncannyCS set up Odoo to manage inventory, manufacturing, sales, purchase, and accounting in a single system. The workflows were then adjusted around the way Natura actually handled cannabis production.

Connecting Odoo Directly with METRC

A custom integration layer was built within Odoo rather than relying on a third-party connector. Activities recorded in Odoo could trigger the required METRC updates without teams entering the same information twice.

Tracking Packages from Creation to Closure

METRC package tags were linked with Odoo lot and serial records. New packages, splits, merges, sales, and destruction activities could be tracked through their full lifecycle.

Bringing Harvest and Plant Records into the Flow

Custom workflows were added for harvest registration, wet- and dry-weight tracking, plant groups, lifecycle changes, and waste reporting. Relevant updates were then synchronized with METRC.

Linking Manufacturing with Compliance

Production orders were connected with METRC events. When materials were consumed or a batch was completed, the corresponding package and processing updates could be recorded within the same workflow.

Automating Transfers and Inventory Adjustments

Delivery orders could generate METRC transfer manifests, while stock losses, waste, and other adjustments were mapped to the required reason codes for reporting.

Creating Reports for Daily Decisions

Custom dashboards and reports were built around sales, inventory movement, product performance, margins, and financial results. This gave both operational teams and management easier access to current business information.

Less Manual Workaround Compliance

METRC updates became part of everyday Odoo workflows, reducing the need for teams to enter the same plant, package, transfer, and inventory information in two systems.

Better Match Between Stock and METRC Records

Inventory movements and compliance updates stayed more closely aligned, making discrepancies easier to spot and reducing the time spent on reconciliation.

Transparent View of Manufacturing

Production teams could track work orders, material consumption, batch outputs, and yield differences within Odoo, giving managers a clearer picture of ongoing production.

Faster Handling of Cannabis Transfers

Transfer manifests could be generated from delivery workflows, reducing manual work when products move between licensed facilities.

Reports Available When Needed

Sales, inventory, margins, product performance, and financial information became easier to access through custom reports and dashboards instead of manual spreadsheet work.

Stronger Control Over Package Lifecycles

Packages could be followed from creation through splits, merges, sales, adjustments, or destruction, with related METRC activity tied back to Odoo records.

A Setup Ready for Future Scalability

The modular Odoo environment gave Natura room to add facilities, product lines, reports, and future compliance changes without rebuilding the entire system.

For Natura, compliance could never sit outside daily operations. Every harvest, package, production run, inventory adjustment, and transfer had to be recorded correctly in METRC, while teams still needed a practical system to manage the business.

Bringing these workflows into Odoo changed how that work was handled. Manufacturing activity could trigger the required compliance updates, package movements became easier to follow, and teams no longer had to rely on repeated data entry across systems. Custom reports also gave management a clearer view of sales, inventory, margins, and financial performance. With Uncanny continuing as its Odoo technology partner, Natura has a system that can keep changing alongside its operations and compliance requirements.