Last week we covered how to pick items to fulfill orders, and that naturally leads into this week’s topic: the Shipping module. After all, picking, packing, and shipping go together like snap, crackle, and pop.
You can use this module to pack and ship items that you’ve previously picked. And there are a few other functions that we’ll get into as we explore the Shipping module. (more…)
In the Transfer Order module, you can ship and otherwise move items between warehouses and other locations. It’s also fairly simple to replenish part quantities by transferring items from one location that has an abundance of them to another location where they are in short supply. We’ll cover this in greater depth below. (more…)
More and more young people are starting businesses around the country. This is great, but many admit that starting a business is no easy task, including ones that involve shipping. There is a lot to deal with and a lot that could go wrong. The following are five tips that could help entrepreneurs in the shipment world. (more…)
Into great software like QuickBooks, Xero, and Salesforce? Good news! Fishbowl just so happens to integrate with those and many others. Acting as a central hub for inventory, accounting, sales, shipping, and other data to be transferred to and from outside solutions, Fishbowl is a full business automation platform.
Fishbowl integrates with software, hardware, and online platforms across a number of categories. Let’s get into the great things these integrations can do for your business. (more…)
The “ship” part of pick, pack, ship is crucial. Would you like to set up automatic shipping to replace the manual process of shipping items to customers? Read on and we’ll cover how to do it. (more…)
Whiteboard Wednesday is back! In this video, James Shores explains what ShipExpress is. It’s a plugin that, once activated in Fishbowl, is available as its own module in the Fishbowl interface.
You can use ShipExpress to: (more…)
Every day, small and medium-sized manufacturers search for ways to streamline their processes. From constant headaches in the shipping department to bottlenecks in the production line, plant managers never seem to find a constant way to trim costs and save time. Here are some tips that will help managers streamline their manufacturing and shipping departments from top to bottom, according to Manufacturing.net. (more…)
Fishbowl has UPS shipping features built right into its interface. This allows you to instantly send shipment notices to UPS for pickup, compare shipping prices, print labels, and email packing lists to customers without having to leave Fishbowl and open a separate Web browser.
This is a fantastic integration that saves time and makes the order fulfillment process easier in a number of ways: (more…)
The United States Postal Service is, of course, one of the biggest providers of mail delivery for U.S. companies. You can upload and share your orders in Fishbowl with USPS and then print shipping labels and more. You’ll also receive confirmation and tracking data in Fishbowl from USPS.
Let’s get right into what this integration does for you: (more…)
ShipWorks is not only a shipping solution, but it also helps with ecommerce and order fulfillment. Once you upload orders from Fishbowl to ShipWorks and then ship them out, you’ll be able to download confirmation and tracking information into Fishbowl.
Let’s get to work exploring the details of this integration: (more…)
