Fishbowl

It does what it says but some issues with basic functions

What do you like best? I like how easy it is to track inventory and keep products up to date. It also integrates with other e-commerce sites for easy order fulfilment. What do you dislike? I don't like how basic functions are nonexistent. If you want to change something as simple as a unit of measure, you can't. And then you can't delete the part if you want to. Recommendations to others considering the product: If you are just looking for inventory management, it works just ...

It does what it says but some issues with basic functions

What do you like best? I like how easy it is to track inventory and keep products up to date. It also integrates with other e-commerce sites for easy order fulfilment. What do you dislike? I don't like how basic functions are nonexistent. If you want to change something as simple as a unit of measure, you can't. And then you can't delete the part if you want to. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I only have had a few problems but ...

Crashed a lot

What do you like best? I could do multiple things at once, and had accurate count if my inventory with a click of a button What do you dislike? We couldn’t upgrade our fishbowl because it would screw up everything in salesforce, so I had to use an older version and it would crash everyday What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It made work more effective and efficient

Okay, but not adequate for growing manufacturing organization

What do you like best? allows you to automate and templatize inventory management What do you dislike? Integration with quickbooks is half baked What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Accurate inventory management

FBI

What do you like best? good way to manage and visualize inventory. Used for multiple products across many different platforms and locations. What do you dislike? I had no issues with this product. It has worked well thus far and I enjoy the product. Recommendations to others considering the product Make sure to pay attention during on-boarding process. Allow multiple members of team to learn on-boarding. What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you ...

Good Program, But It Requires Tremendous Care and Feeding

What do you like best? It is easy to implement, relatively easy to maintain and users do not have a terribly hard time learning it. It has done a decent job managing MO to shipping. What do you dislike? Jobs like exporting to Quickbooks Enterprise are part and parcel of using Fishbowl. The problem is that those jobs often die in the middle, leaving the job engine in a hung state. That stops any and all subsequent jobs as the error checking within Fishbowl is apparently non-existent. The ...

The Cons outweigh the Pros

What do you like best? The ability to see every move of every user to find and solve possible inventory issues What do you dislike? Where do I start... Software is very basic and not pliable Needed to create custom reports for everything Cost of creating custom reports Recommendations to others considering the product Be ready to spend hours implementing and getting it to fit you company. Its not easy to do but after many hours you can get it to work. Also be ready to spend extra ...

It's almost a good program

What do you like best? It does keep track of inventory well, and it syncs with Quickbooks. Once it's synced with Quickbooks nothing can be changed or corrected, so that's a pain. What do you dislike? No one with Fishbowl seems to have any idea what a business does on a day to day basis, or what features would actually be helpful to someone who is selling the inventory Fishbowl is helping them keep track of. Being able to quickly and easily print a receipt is a tiny little detail that they ...

Utter Disaster

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? 12 months in and Fishbowl has failed to get the product fully operational at this point so it is difficult to see the best aspects. What aspects are problematic or could work better? The software as a whole is problematic and should never have been used for our setup. Fishbowl is met for a very simple small business. We were convinced by Fishbowl that they would customize their software to meet our complex needs. Over the last 12 ...

Utter Disaster

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? 12 months in and Fishbowl has failed to get the product fully operational at this point so it is difficult to see the best aspects. What aspects are problematic or could work better? The software as a whole is problematic and should never have been used for our setup. Fishbowl is met for a very simple small business. We were convinced by Fishbowl that they would customize their software to meet our complex needs. Over the last 12 ...