diff --git a/fusion_repairs/__manifest__.py b/fusion_repairs/__manifest__.py
index 19232951..1e81bce9 100644
--- a/fusion_repairs/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_repairs/__manifest__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {
     'name': 'Fusion Repairs',
-    'version': '19.0.1.0.3',
+    'version': '19.0.1.0.4',
     'category': 'Inventory/Repairs',
     'summary': 'Guided medical equipment repair intake, dispatch, maintenance, and self-service portal',
     'description': """
diff --git a/fusion_repairs/data/ir_sequence_data.xml b/fusion_repairs/data/ir_sequence_data.xml
index dd24383f..6123a864 100644
--- a/fusion_repairs/data/ir_sequence_data.xml
+++ b/fusion_repairs/data/ir_sequence_data.xml
@@ -23,5 +23,21 @@
             <field name="number_increment">1</field>
             <field name="company_id" eval="False"/>
         </record>
+
+        <!-- Date-based repair.order reference: RO-YYYYMM-NN, counter resets monthly.
+             use_date_range=True so Odoo creates an ir.sequence.date_range record
+             per month with its own number_next, giving each month a fresh -01.
+             %(year)s -> 4-digit year, %(month)s -> zero-padded month (per strftime %m). -->
+        <record id="seq_repair_order_monthly" model="ir.sequence">
+            <field name="name">Repair Order (RO-YYYYMM-NN)</field>
+            <field name="code">fusion.repair.order.monthly</field>
+            <field name="prefix">RO-%(year)s%(month)s-</field>
+            <field name="suffix"/>
+            <field name="padding">2</field>
+            <field name="number_next">1</field>
+            <field name="number_increment">1</field>
+            <field name="use_date_range" eval="True"/>
+            <field name="company_id" eval="False"/>
+        </record>
     </data>
 </odoo>
diff --git a/fusion_repairs/models/repair_order.py b/fusion_repairs/models/repair_order.py
index a017112d..d609b67b 100644
--- a/fusion_repairs/models/repair_order.py
+++ b/fusion_repairs/models/repair_order.py
@@ -28,6 +28,22 @@ class RepairOrder(models.Model):
 
     _inherit = 'repair.order'
 
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # CREATE - replace the picking-type default sequence with our
+    # date-based RO-YYYYMM-NN reference. We set vals['name'] BEFORE
+    # super() so Odoo's native create() (which only assigns the picking
+    # type sequence when name is empty or 'New') skips its own numbering.
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    @api.model_create_multi
+    def create(self, vals_list):
+        Sequence = self.env['ir.sequence'].sudo()
+        for vals in vals_list:
+            if not vals.get('name') or vals.get('name') == 'New':
+                next_name = Sequence.next_by_code('fusion.repair.order.monthly')
+                if next_name:
+                    vals['name'] = next_name
+        return super().create(vals_list)
+
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
     # INTAKE METADATA
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------