Fishbowl

The feature enables manufacturers to track labor, estimated, and actual costs with precision to provide visibility into production expenses. Labor hours can be linked to individual production stages and work orders and manufacturing costs can be connected to the accounting systems. This enables manufacturers to trace costs linked with raw materials, labor, and finished products.

The platform provides capacity planning tools to help manufacturers allocate production resources based on demand. Users can get automated capacity projections, which help identify bottlenecks within manufacturing workflows so they can strategize to counter them as needed. By considering resources alongside production requirements, manufacturers can plan workloads, adjust schedules, and coordinate production capacity as demand or workflow requirements change.

Fishbowl tracks parts, batches, and serial numbers through their inventory lifecycle. The Audit Trail plugin records changes made to records, while the Lot History report shows the work orders, purchase orders, and sales orders associated with a specific lot. This gives businesses a way to review item history when investigating inventory activity or preparing an audit.

The platform tracks business equipment in addition to inventory. Businesses can record the location and availability of assets such as tools, forklifts, and vehicles. Managers can use these records to check where equipment is located and whether it is available before assigning it to a job or emplboyee.

Fishbowl stores vendor information alongside purchasing records. Businesses can assign default vendors to parts and maintain vendor-specific contract and payment terms. This gives purchasing teams access to supplier information when creating orders and reviewing previous purchasing activities.

Fishbowl Payments allows businesses to process card and ACH payments through the platform. Payment information is handled according to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requirements. Meanwhile, transactions are recorded alongside inventory and accounting activity. This allows sales and payment records to remain connected with the related inventory transactions.

The platform supports inventory management across physical warehouses, mobile inventory operations, third-party logistics, and drop-shipping workflows. Businesses can manage purchasing and order fulfillment from the same inventory records. Receiving and shipping transactions update stock levels as inventory moves through the warehouse.