Manage your budget
Manage Inventory Budgets For Cost-Efficient Operations
Effortlessly track and manage your inventory budget to minimize unnecessary expenses and improve your bottom line.
With inventory budget management from Fishbowl, you can leverage powerful features to make decisions that improve profitability.
Real-time inventory tracking
With reliable, up-to-the-minute stock updates, you can make data-driven business decisions to avoid spending on stock you don’t need.
QuickBooks-connected inventory
By integrating inventory data with your accounting records, you’ll gain insights into how inventory impacts cash flow. You’ll make better purchasing decisions and accurate cost calculations while simplifying financial planning.
Streamlined inventory reordering
Automate your inventory management and budgeting process with features like automated reorder points and purchase order processes. Fishbowl also helps minimize stockouts and deadstock and improve your inventory allocation.
04 | How it works
How to manage inventory budgets with Fishbowl
Fishbowl’s comprehensive inventory management solutions offer real-time inventory tracking and seamless accounting integrations. Armed with this info, you can optimize your production budget and inventory purchase budget for the highest possible profits. By constantly leveraging accurate, up-to-date information, you can make decisions that enhance your financial performance.
Enhanced reporting and analytics
Get comprehensive data about sales patterns, inventory turnover, and product performance — the knowledge you need to make the best possible choices regarding purchasing, pricing, and marketing.
Cost optimization
Efficiently manage your inventory budget to minimize unnecessary expenses and strategically allocate funds to areas that drive business growth.
Risk mitigation
Create the inventory budget you need to build a buffer against supply chain disruptions and unforeseen events for better operational resilience.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs for managing inventory budgets with Fishbowl
Fishbowl provides real-time inventory tracking and seamless accounting integrations, allowing you to monitor stock levels, perform accurate inventory counts, optimize reorder points, and more. With automated processes and accessible data, you can trust that your budget is always allocated effectively.
Calculating your economic order quantity (EOQ) determines how many items to order, minimizing carrying costs. Fishbowl helps you calculate EOQ by analyzing inventory data, including demand rates, ordering costs, and holding costs. Equipped with these numbers, you can make more informed purchasing decisions and optimize your budget allocation.
Fishbowl’s advanced cloud-based solutions support perpetual inventory systems, providing real-time updates on stock levels and transactions. This continuous tracking ensures accuracy and allows you to make timely decisions based on current data.
Yes! By categorizing your inventory with techniques like ABC analysis, you can monitor expenses, sales, and profitability for each product category. With this level of detail available, you ensure that safety stock and high-priority items are always available, allocating resources for maximum impact and achieving precise budgeting.
Our platform uses factors like reorder points, lead times, and carrying costs to accurately calculate an ending inventory budget that includes records of inventory levels, sales, and purchases. Fishbowl makes these calculations easy with live tracking and comprehensive reporting tools.
We don’t just integrate with QuickBooks and other accounting solutions — we’re the #1 inventory management software for QuickBooks users, allowing you to track budget-related expenses with ease. Our third-party accounting integrations ensure your financial records match your inventory data to show how your assets impact your cash flow. Our integrations support multiple approaches, including First-In-First-Out (FIFO) and Last-In-First-Out (LIFO), guaranteeing your inventory control and financial management fit your business needs.
Case Study
Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare
Using kits to improve manufacturing, sales, and inventory tracking
- Made great use of kitting features in the manufacturing and order fulfillment processes
- Generated detailed demand reports to see what kits to put together for faster shipping times and fulfillment
- Used serial numbers to track every inventory item that went into a kit
- Viewed inventory quantities in real time across multiple locations
