Fishbowl Warehouse (FBW), dup

Fishbowl Warehouse (FBW) is an inventory management and order fulfillment solution designed to optimize warehouse operations, enhance inventory control, and improve overall efficiency. According to the vendor, FBW caters to businesses of various sizes, including small to mid-sized companies and larger enterprises. It is widely utilized in professions and industries such as manufacturing, distribution, retail, e-commerce, and wholesale.

Key Features

Picking: FBW enables accurate recording of serial numbers and part data through barcode scanning or plain text scanning. It also offers routing capabilities to improve picking efficiency throughout the warehouse.

Packing: Users can scan, organize, and record carton configurations with FBW to ensure precise shipment preparation. The software automates the generation of packing slips, bills of lading, and commercial invoices.

Shipping: FBW eliminates duplicate data entry by directly connecting to major carriers such as FedEx, UPS, USPS, and others worldwide. Users can conveniently print shipping labels directly from the software.

Reordering: According to the vendor, FBW helps optimize buying power by providing vendor cost rules and cost thresholds to manage budgets and increase inventory cost savings. It also allows users to manage minimum order quantities and unit-of-measure requirements with vendors to ensure compliance.

Vendor Management: FBW facilitates cost management, estimated lead times, and vendor part numbers across multiple vendors. Users can identify preferred vendors to expedite the reorder process.

Auto Purchasing: FBW automates purchase order creation for preferred vendors based on stock levels, inventory demand, incoming purchase orders, and reorder points. This feature aims to save time and prevent stockouts and dead stock.

Approval Process: Users can create rules for purchase order approval, preventing incomplete or erroneous orders from being submitted to vendors. FBW offers customization of user permissions to tailor the buying and approval process to specific workflows.

Receive Goods: FBW provides visibility into anticipated delivery dates and helps preempt inventory shortages or overages by indicating where goods are needed. Users can efficiently scan items and accurately record quantity, location, and part-tracking information.

Reconciliation: According to the vendor, FBW allows for the separation of physical goods receipt from cost reconciliation considerations such as shipping, taxes, and other fees. Users can adjust costs and include additional fees to calculate the true landed cost of received goods.