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Fishbowl Inventory vs. TrakSYS

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    Fishbowl Inventory

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AFishbowl Advanced is the company's on-premises inventory tracking, warehousing, and manufacturing solution with hosted capabilities, offering real-time inventory visibility and control across all locations and order fulfillment for physical warehouses, on-the-go inventory, 3PL, or drop shipping.N/A

    TrakSYS

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ATrakSYS is a manufacturing execution system built to maximize production efficiency.N/A
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    Fishbowl InventoryTrakSYS
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Fishbowl InventoryTrakSYS
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Fishbowl InventoryTrakSYS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Fishbowl InventoryTrakSYS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fishbowl
    Fishbowl is well suited for warehouse operations because you can control, monitor, report or view the progress of materials all the way from purchasing and receiving to the shipment and tracking of products. It integrates with major carriers and with QuickBooks so it does offer a suite that can support the entire operation. It allows for workflow monitoring, so particular groups or products can be tracked.
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
    When you have manufacturing lines that need proper control and want to collect information based on how well it run then TrakSYS is ideal. TrakSYS has a template system that support generic setup of multiple lines. TrakSYS however is not ideal if you want to deviate too much from the template model. It is possible but defeats the purpose of the template system. Better then to write a customised solution outside of the software.
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    Pros
    Fishbowl
    • Inventory control - provides easy/accurate reports. Also, cycle counts can be done at any time. The warehouse team was easily trained.
    • Sales Orders - Fishbowl allowed us to have the sales orders accessible to everyone and linked the customers' purchase order to the orders and work orders (within the system). It no longer needs to be manually linked.
    • Custom reports - for a small fee we had reports customized specifically for our company.
    • Link to Quickbooks - invoices generated directly after closure of sales order.
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
    • OEE dashboard where you can quickly judge a current shifts effectiveness
    • SPC graph to monitor dosing on the production lines
    • Management of Process Orders
    • BOL and EOL operations linked to users
    • User and role management
    • Workflows to manage tasks
    • Notification System to notify users
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    Cons
    Fishbowl
    • MRP
    • BOM creation
    • Unified interface
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
    • Coding wise it takes getting used to, but once you learn where everything is it gets easier
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    Support Rating
    Fishbowl
    Originally the support for Fishbowl was very poor. It was hard to get anyone to help. In the last 12 - 14 months, it has greatly improved and if it continues this way I would certainly rate it higher.
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fishbowl
    Fishbowl is more useful than QuickBooks Manufacturing if you operate complex manufacturing with multiple multi layered BOMS
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
    Both are good products so it was a difficult decision. In the end of the day it came down to to TrakSYS being more customisable. However it is more expensive though.
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    Return on Investment
    Fishbowl
    • Positive: Decreased time spent on copy/pasting in spreadsheets.
    • Positive: Easier to analyze costs and guarantee efficiency.
    • Negative: Time to get it up and running is really difficult to work with.
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    Parsec Automation Corp.
    • Improved management of production lines
    • Quick overview of line quality
    • Structured working procedures for employees
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