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Fishbowl Inventory

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What is Fishbowl Inventory?

Fishbowl 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.

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Get set Inventory

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 1, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Fishbowl's mission is to empower small and midsize businesses to oversee difficult business operations like inventory management and manufacturing with ease and at a low cost....
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Analyst
Fishbowl Inventory2 years of experience

Fishbowl Manufacturing expands your view beyond just the fishbowl.

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 29, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use it for inventory management, manufacturing management, product and recipe management for procurement of individual ingredients, allocation, vehicle assignment, costs an...
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Bobby Greenawalt
Executive - Corporate
Founder & President
Beverage Management
Fishbowl Inventory1 year of experience

If you rely on accurate reports, Fishbowl is not for you

Rating: 3 out of 10
April 30, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Fishbowl for all our production, purchasing, and order processing. We use Fishbowl in conjunction with QuickBooks.
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Executive
Fishbowl Inventory3 years of experience

Functional and affordable

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 28, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are a wholesaler that supplies products to non-profits. We manage the shipment of those products. Each "bill to" may have multiple "ship to" addresses. Each client may ship...
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Ed Thompson
Administrator - Corporate
Operations Manager
Gavan Burke Enterprises, Inc.
Fishbowl Inventory6 years of experience

Fishbowl Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 8, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Fishbowl is used by the entire organization. It maintains our inventory and we use it for purchasing, entering sales orders and manufacturing orders. It ensures we have everyt...
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Verified user
Director
Fishbowl Inventory3 years of experience
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What is Fishbowl Inventory?

Fishbowl 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.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is Fishbowl Inventory?

Fishbowl 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.

Fishbowl Inventory Integrations

Fishbowl Inventory Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Functional and affordable

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 28, 2022
ET
Ed Thompson
Operations Manager
Gavan Burke Enterprises, Inc. (Wholesale, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fishbowl Inventory
6 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are a wholesaler that supplies products to non-profits. We manage the shipment of those products. Each "bill to" may have multiple "ship to" addresses. Each client may ship to thousands of supporters. We import the orders and address data and ship the requested materials to the individuals, then aggregate the shipping data to bill the client.
Pros
  • Maintaining accurate inventory data
  • Integrating well with the supporting software
  • Accurate reporting
Cons
  • Allow easier customization of reports
  • Lower pricing on Plug Ins
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Most Important Features
  • tracking inventory
  • receiving products
  • reporting
Return on Investment
  • efficient handling of products
  • reduced paperwork, accurate communication of data
Alternatives Considered
Fishbowl could be tailored to accommodate our needs and to integrate with other providers to offer the seamless work flow. Others that I investigated were much more expensive or couldn't do the tasks we were requiring. The final analysis was that Fishbowl offered a cost effective way for us to manage our business.
Other Software Used
QuickBooks Online, Endicia, Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365)

Fishbowl Manufacturing expands your view beyond just the fishbowl.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 29, 2022
BG
Bobby Greenawalt
Founder & President
Beverage Management (Food & Beverages, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fishbowl Inventory
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it for inventory management, manufacturing management, product and recipe management for procurement of individual ingredients, allocation, vehicle assignment, costs analysis, and event financials. This helps us move away from spreadsheets and move towards being in the 21st century. Fishbowl Manufacturing is applicable most to all industries. We were not able to use any other platform except for Fishbowl Manufacturing when it comes to what we needed from inventory management software.
Pros
  • Inventory Management.
  • Ingredient and Recipe Management.
  • Cost Control and Variation.
Cons
  • Useability is a little dated with the UI.
  • Linking some of their modules together that don't currently link
  • A quicker onboarding would be appreciated, but there is a lot to learn so I understand.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for industries that need to manage inventory or industries that manage their building of goods through recipes and ingredients. This also works great for event management or task-by-task management of costs, profits, availability, purchase orders, and more. The platform is well suited for any industry that I can think of and I'm not aware of a situation where it doesn't work.
Most Important Features
  • Purchase Orders
  • Auto Purchase orders
  • Inventory Management
  • Cost analysis
  • Allocation
  • Recipes
Return on Investment
  • 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.
Other Software Used

Get set Inventory

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 01, 2022
Verified User
Analyst in Research & Development
Market Research Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fishbowl Inventory
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Fishbowl's mission is to empower small and midsize businesses to oversee difficult business operations like inventory management and manufacturing with ease and at a low cost. Fishbowl is the most frequently requested production and warehousing management software.Fishbowl is a small and medium-sized business production and warehousing management solution. Material requirements planning (MRP), job shop floor control, work order administration, manufacturer orders, and bills of materials are all critical components.
Pros
  • Optimize cost
  • Material requirement Planning
  • Order Management
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Inventory turnover ratio
Cons
  • MRP
  • BOM creation
  • Unified interface
Likelihood to Recommend
I've utilised Fishbowl for task pricing because determining the exact cost of items can be challenging. That's why Fishbowl allows you to add all of the expenditures, such as machine time, components, and labour, to get a comprehensive picture of the situation. It is also goof in material requirement planning where we calculate planned order receipt and net requirements.
Most Important Features
  • Inventory Control
  • warehouse planning based on staffing and scheduling activities
  • In creating material requirement planning for effective inventory planning
Return on Investment
  • Intuitive functionality
  • unified dashboards
  • better integration
Alternatives Considered
Fishbowl Inventory is the accounting of items, component components, and raw materials used or sold by a firm. As a business owner, you manage inventory to ensure that you have enough product on hand and to identify when there is a shortage. Global supply networks change on a regular basis, placing inventory planning and management operations under stress. Manufacturers and wholesale distributors that pick when, when, and how your product is delivered require flexibility and may have unanticipated wait times.
Other Software Used

If you rely on accurate reports, Fishbowl is not for you

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
April 30, 2022
Verified User
Executive in Corporate
Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fishbowl Inventory
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Fishbowl for all our production, purchasing, and order processing. We use Fishbowl in conjunction with QuickBooks.
Pros
  • Bill of Materials
  • Inventory Management
Cons
  • Reporting: Many of the reports that are provided for free with Fishbowl are useless in the context of everyday manufacturing and production planning. Some reports provide inaccurate information. In order to use get useful and correct reports, outside developers must be paid (a new or modified report may cost anywhere from $150 to $2000)
  • Customer service can be hit or miss. In our experience, a knowledgeable person is rarely available, but for the most part customer service has no idea how real manufacturing works to provide reasonable answers to fix Fishbowl shortfalls.
Likelihood to Recommend
Fishbowl is definitely an improvement if you are using QuickBooks; however, its lack of valuable reporting does not solve the problems of making production planning and manufacturing more efficient.
Most Important Features
  • Integration with ShipStation for simplified shipping
  • Integration with QuickBooks
Return on Investment
  • Use of ShipStation simplified our shipments
  • Lack of accurate reporting added many unnecessary work hours
Alternatives Considered
Fishbowl is more useful than QuickBooks Manufacturing if you operate complex manufacturing with multiple multi layered BOMS
Other Software Used

Fishbowl Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 08, 2018
Verified User
Director in Quality Assurance
Medical Devices Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Fishbowl Inventory
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Fishbowl is used by the entire organization. It maintains our inventory and we use it for purchasing, entering sales orders and manufacturing orders. It ensures we have everything in one system and works with Quickbooks.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • In some instances when the sales orders contain "non inventory items," it is difficult to split up these items (i.e. design contract items) once they have been put into the system. The work flow is not intuitive to know what needs to be backed out, etc. For example, if a sales order is placed with a contract for $1000 but the next day we need to bill out only $600 ($400 later) - the entire $1000 gets billed out and can't be retracted.
  • Shipping memos/packing lists - the link between the Quickbooks invoice number would be nice.
  • Adding files to the vendor/part area, so I don't need to go to our PLM system to get the files.
Likelihood to Recommend
The purchasing function is very good - tracking and linking parts to sales orders, shortage reports, and part summaries.
Return on Investment
  • Overall FBM has saved our company money. Our inventory is more accurate. Previously we used a home grown, Access data base. We have decreased our cost in the inventory/purchasing area by about 15%.
  • Our parts are easier to track in the system - from sales order/purchasing/work order/inventory.
Alternatives Considered
  • Arena
Arena is very powerful and user friendly - but not an inventory control system - yet the bill of materials input far exceeds that of Fishbowl.

Fishbowl has improved in the 3 years we have had it. However, there are things with Fishbowl that are still difficult, ie. splitting an order once it has been input, (sometimes it works, other times we wonder what we did wrong). Once a manufacture order has been set it cannot be changed even if a part has to be changed (due to purchase issues), and sales orders don't seem to allow "down payments" - or if it does, it is not easily understood.

Fishbowl is far better than our previous Access database system. Tracking parts is much easier.
Other Software Used
Arena
Premium Support
No
Fishbowl is not that difficult and the original package comes with support so we should not need more. If a system is that difficult I would not choose to use it.
Support Rating
7
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.
Exceptional Examples of Fishbowl Inventory Support
Fishbowl has provided good support lately - not quite up to the exceptional support yet.
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