Fishbowl Inventory - Software Features

Software Features

The primary product, Fishbowl Inventory, is an inventory control program that integrates QuickBooks. Fishbowl Inventory was one of the first programs to integrate with QuickBooks and currently holds Gold Developer Status, Intuit’s highest award for third-party integrators. The program is divided into modules focusing on various inventory control and management tasks, including sales, purchasing, manufacturing, shipping, pricing, and ordering. The program provides multi-location inventory tracking, LIFO/FIFO and average costing standards, bar coding, and order creation and recording.

Fishbowl Inventory’s feature set was designed to provide distributors, wholesalers, manufactures and retail businesses the additional inventory features and functionality that QuickBooks lacks. These include inventory control, purchase order and sales order generation, manufacturing, and cycle counting.) As part of the QuickBooks integration, Fishbowl Inventory records transactions, invoices, and bills directly to customers' QuickBooks file.

The software runs on a centralized server, allowing multiple clients to connect simultaneously. This structure also allows integration with barcode inventory tracking hardware devices, multiple location tracking, and other mobile communicators. The server side uses a SQL database and can run on Windows or Linux.

In late 2011, Fishbowl introduced a point of sale system called SalesPoint, which integrates with its inventory management software. In August 2012, Fishbowl made one of its inventory management features available through tablets and smartphones via its online application, Fishbowl Pipeline. Users can check inventory availability online. This is the first time Fishbowl has allowed users to access its software through the cloud.