Did you know Fishbowl isn’t just for businesses that sell products to customers? In addition, organizations that are looking to better monitor their assets can use Fishbowl just as well as businesses. And quite a few already have. (more…)
Tag: asset tracking
ERP Doesn’t Need to Be So Expensive
Are you looking for an ERP (enterprise resource planning), but it seems like all of the options out there are out of your price range? There’s a better way to enjoy the features of an ERP and still stay within your organization’s budget. That way is Fishbowl.
Fishbowl handles basically all of the inventory management functions of an ERP and it costs just a fraction of the price of a full ERP. In fact, most large organizations can pay for it by simply using their discretionary budget. And the added efficiency and cost cuts that Fishbowl brings save organizations way more money than they spend on it. (more…)
Fishbowl Is Proven Asset Tracking Software
Fishbowl is an affordable asset tracking system that is increasingly popular among large organizations that need the functionality of an ERP system, but they don’t want to pay a huge price for one.
Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Warehouse allow you to organize your supplies or important assets and keep your data accurate and safe. They have advanced features that let you automatically reorder materials when they get low, quickly receive incoming orders into your warehouses, track inventory levels in multiple locations, and rapidly pick and pack things, and then ship them to their destinations. (more…)
Whiteboard Wednesday: Asset Tracking
James Shores is back in this week’s Whiteboard Wednesday. This video series explains inventory control topics in just a few minutes in both words and drawings on a whiteboard.
Last week, James explained how work orders help your business. This time he’s here to tell you all about asset tracking.
In the above video he defines what asset tracking is, how it works in an organization, what benefits it offers, and more. And he does all this in just two minutes.
5 Reasons Asset Tracking Is So Important to Your Company
Asset tracking is the process of monitoring an organization’s assets, including where they are and how many are on hand.
These assets are mainly used internally, though in the case of hospitals and other service facilities they are more frequently used in the care of others. The point is that assets, in this use of the term, are not sold directly to customers.
Asset tracking plays an essential part in keeping any organization running smoothly. To show how and why this is the case, I’ve come up with this list of five reasons asset tracking is so important to your organization.
Let’s dive right into the list. (more…)
Fishbowl Has a Lot in Common with an Aquarium (Who Knew?)
Who would have thought that a software company called Fishbowl could have so much in common with the largest aquarium in the Midwest, The Living Planet Aquarium? Their names might seem like a dead giveaway – an aquarium is kind of like a giant fishbowl.
But I noticed four intriguing similarities between these two organizations that I’d like to share:
Charity Work
The Living Planet Aquarium is a nonprofit group that helps children, college students, and many other people in the community gain an appreciation for aquatic life and sciences.
Fishbowl runs a charitable branch called the Courage Above Mountains Foundation, which helps single mothers and other people gain new life skills to improve their situations. (more…)
Fishbowl Inventory Puts the ‘Fish’ in Efficiency
Quick question: What is a marine biologist’s favorite characteristic?
Efficiency! They wouldn’t have much of a job if there were no fish in the sea, after all.
As I mentioned in my earlier blog post, “Fishbowl Goes to a Really Big Fishbowl,” Fishbowl is helping The Living Planet Aquarium track its many assets, living and otherwise, during a period of transition. The aquarium is moving to a new building that is more than three times the size of its current 40,000-square-foot facility. That’s a lot of extra room, and they need to make sure nothing gets lost on the way and after it arrives. (more…)
Kirk’s Tackle Shop: Enterprise Asset Management
Fishbowl Inventory offers enterprise asset management features to organizations that need a standalone solution. These are groups like health departments, government agencies, and others that don’t sell many products or use QuickBooks for their accounting. They care about wisely managing their resources within their organizations and maximizing their efficiency.
In the following video, CMO Kirk Tanner explains these concepts in greater detail and shares how the Mississippi State Department of Health discovered what a powerful enterprise asset management solution Fishbowl Inventory is for their health initiatives.
Take Aim at Efficiency with Fishbowl’s Gun Inventory Software
Did you know that Fishbowl Inventory is an ideal inventory management solution for gun manufacturers and retailers? The reason is because Fishbowl Inventory offers all the features you need to track the information required by the U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
To aid in public safety and to keep guns from falling into the wrong hands, ATF requires firearm makers and sellers to monitor certain data about all the weapons they sell. That way there’s a clear paper trail between a gun used at the scene of a crime and its point of origin.
Here are the most important things ATF requires companies in the gun industry to keep track of: (more…)
Do You Know When to Depreciate or Expense Assets?
Many manufacturing facilities and distribution centers have depreciation schedules to track high-cost assets that are depreciated over a number of years. These assets usually fall under categories such as factory equipment, tow motors, vehicles, and industry-specific instruments.
Other assets (often termed personal property) are less costly items that are expensed rather than depreciated. Many accountants today use a rule of thumb of $1,000 to determine whether the item is depreciated or considered an expense item. Look around any office, no matter what the industry; you will see tables, chairs, desks, lamps, file cabinets, computers, and printers – all of which are expensed rather than depreciated. An accountant explained that most computers are outdated within 18-24 months, so they can’t justify depreciating them. (more…)