5 Reasons to Pause Before Buying Fishbowl

If you fall into these 5 categories, you should definitely pause and think before buying Fishbowl.

Jonny Parker
May 13, 2024

We love Fishbowl.  

We believe in the product we sell. 

And we take pride in knowing we are trusted by customers in hundreds of industries.  

But not everyone may agree with us or need Fishbowl. There’s a lot of inventory management software out there.  

And hey, maybe that’s you. Maybe your inventory management workflow is all good and there’s no need to change. 

But if you’re on the fence about looking to add Fishbowl to make you and your team’s lives easier by improving your operational processes, this guide is for you.  

Or again, maybe you don’t need to run a more efficient business. But we think it’s worth finding out. That said, here are five reasons why you might want to pause before buying Fishbowl. 

1. You for sure know your inventory counts and profit margins

If you already have full real-time visibility into your current and accurate stock levels, maybe you don’t need Fishbowl.  

If you have a single location or multiple locations of inventory running smoothly, then you’re good to go and don’t need a robust software solution that will track the items that are most important to your business, no matter the location.   

But there’s always room for improvement when it comes to running an efficient business operation.  

Fishbowl ensures you always have accurate inventory valuation.  

We understand how crucial tracking and traceability are to a business like yours. Maintaining accurate and up-to-the-minute inventory records is key to running an efficient operation.  

You can track your stock from anywhere, anytime with Fishbowl.  

If you want to ensure an accurate inventory count anywhere and anytime, you should consider Fishbowl.  

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2. You always pick, pack, and ship the right products to customers

Maybe your shipping process is excellent.  

From scanning barcodes to generating packing slips and invoices, it’s a smooth process.  

Fishbowl makes shipping EASY and streamlined. 

You can instantly send shipment notices for pickup, compare shipping prices, print labels, and email packing lists to customers all within the Fishbowl platform.  

Save time, cut costs, and reduce manual steps and data entry by connecting your inventory management software directly to major carriers worldwide.  

Could you benefit from saving time and money? Let’s have a quick chat. 

3. Managing your inventory manually doesn't bother you

You don’t mind managing your inventory by hand without a barcode scanner or any other advanced tools. You have all the time in the world to wander the warehouse, and the tedious steps and repetitions of the job don’t bother you in the slightest.   

But we must ask.  

Are you sure you don’t want look into a solution that could scale your business’s output and revenue to the next level? 

Fishbowl expands your ability to automate critical business processes. 

If you are looking for a competitive advantage, Fishbowl easily integrates with dozens of business solutions.  

Gone are the days of manually entering in hundreds of orders.  

Allow Fishbowl to handle it with the click of a button.  

Are you sure you can’t benefit from using slick automation features and integrations to improve your business’s efficiency?  

4. Your recall reports and audits are easy...fun even

If you can already pull a lot history report in under 5 seconds, then you’ve got it made and are ahead of most companies in your industry.  

Remaining compliant according to industry regulations in inventory management is no joke, but we’ve got you covered.  

Fishbowl helps you stay compliance ready. 

If ever you’re faced with a recall or audit, Fishbowl’s inventory traceability and reporting features give you visibility into where products are at any stage of your manufacturing, quality assurance, receiving, and picking and packing processes. 

With a single report, see which manufacture orders made the product, which purchase orders and vendors were involved with the raw goods consumed in the manufacturing, and all customers who received the product.  

5. You and your team are already scanning items on your smartphone

Your picking and packing system is a lock and already efficient enough. And your team can scan barcodes throughout the warehouse on their smartphone.  

We can help you do this if it sounds better than what you’ve currently got. Fishbowl is all about increasing efficiency in the warehouse.  

Fishbowl makes picking and scanning easy. 

With the Fishbowl Advanced Mobile app, we help teams increase efficiency and perform complex inventory functions right on their mobile devices, increasing both accuracy and speed, while reducing human error.  

Hard to say no to that. 

Well, there you have it

We hope these 5 reasons have helped you come to a decision. If you said yes to all five, you’re set. 

However, if you are looking to increase operational efficiency, transform your business with automation, and improve customer satisfaction and revenue, then Fishbowl is the right choice – and we are here to help.  

Don’t wait too long. Time is precious, and so is your business.  

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