Manufacturing Option for Fishbowl Inventory

Features of the Manufacturing Option

In addition to all of the inventory management features that Fishbowl Inventory offers, the Manufacturing Option gives manufacturers the ability to create bills of materials and work orders for all types of jobs. Fishbowl Inventory manages your manufacturing as logically as possible. You can create work orders for repair jobs, disassembling products, customizing products to individual customers’ specifications and more. You can also get a complete breakdown of bills of materials, including statistics and pick locations, to help you analyze them and make changes where necessary.

Benefits of Using the Manufacturing Option

Manufacturers benefit in many ways by using the Manufacturing Option. It offers a flexible system that can grow to meet your increasingly complex needs while also simplifying the process of managing multiple warehouses. You can enjoy a comprehensive feature set that helps you monitor the manufacturing process every step of the way to eliminate inefficiencies. Customize Fishbowl Inventory as you please, then get status reports that help you in making important business decisions. From a mobile wireless device you can view the stages that various manufacturing jobs are in, and you can keep track of more specific details by pressing a few buttons.

Ease of Use

Ease of use is important to most manufacturers. At least part of the reason you’re looking for inventory management software in the first place is probably because you want to simplify the task of managing your inventory. Luckily, the Manufacturing Option delivers in the ease-of-use department, giving you all the inventory management tools you need in a user-friendly package. From raw materials coming in, to finished products being shipped out the door, all the details of your operation can be monitored through Fishbowl Inventory to help you meet deadlines and stay organized.

Creating Bills of Materials

The Manufacturing Option allows you to create and fill multiple bills of materials at the same time. There’s no limit to the number of parts, sub-assemblies or types of parts you can include in a bill of materials. You can create multilevel bills of materials, which tell you what parts and materials you require to complete each stage of a product’s construction. This is helpful for carmakers, food producers and other manufacturers who build complex end products. Define the bill of materials with correct quantities, and begin manufacturing. Allocation is automatic, according to how you manage your settings (LIFO/FIFO) in your pick/pack/ship options.

Creating Work Orders

Work orders are usually created from sales orders that come in from customers. With the Fishbowl Manufacturing Option, you can schedule different stages of a work order so that they will all be completed in time to start the next stage until the product is completed. It’s like a line of dominoes. You can create work orders to meet the demands of many different situations. Reverse work orders can be used if you need to disassemble a product to discover the cause of a defect. Assembly work orders can be used for production, and auto work orders can be used if you get the same type of sales order over and over.