Real-Time Inventory Management

Track stock, streamline operations, and decide using data with real-time inventory control

Fishbowl’s real-time inventory management software offers up-to-date stock levels, sales demand forecasting, automated order processing, and a seamless QuickBooks integration to keep you ahead of consumer demand.

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Real-time Visibility

Minimize waste and maximize efficiency with real-time visibility

With real-time data insights, it’s easy to reduce excess inventory and replace dead stock with in-demand items. Align purchasing decisions with actual customer demand to keep your inventory lean, efficient, and cost-effective.

Real-time Sales

Ensure order accuracy and customer satisfaction with real-time sales tracking

Fishbowl’s inventory management software updates with every sale, empowering you to fulfill orders accurately and on time across all sales channels — from your point-of-sale (POS) system to online marketplaces. You choose whether stock levels update daily, hourly, or even minute by minute. Eliminate the risk of stockouts and give your customers a great experience with product kits, substitutes, and customizable options.

Ensure order accuracy and delight your customers

Real-time inventory management software helps you pick, pack, and ship orders with confidence. Whether shipping directly or partnering with a dropshipper, you’ll eliminate stockout-related order cancellations and deliver on your promises with precision.

Boost sales with product kits

With Fishbowl’s kitting feature, it’s easy to enhance the customer experience by offering product bundles at checkout — and we make picking and packing product bundles easy with warehouse routing, too.

Keep customers happy with product substitutes

When stock runs low, offering customers alternative options keeps sales flowing. Fishbowl's substitute product feature offers more choices to eager buyers so a short or out-of-stock item doesn’t mean the whole deal is off.

Customize with product variances and options

Not one-size-fits-all? Not a problem. Fishbowl offers customizations to track and manage inventory variations like color, size, and add-ons without relying on untrustworthy inventory records.
Real-time Accounting

Streamline cash flow management with a QuickBooks-integrated inventory system

Connect Fishbowl’s inventory management software with QuickBooks for seamless financial management. With access to real-time financial data, you’ll make informed purchasing decisions, accurately forecast future needs, and maintain a clear, updated view of your cash flow.

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Case Study

Cost-effective customization made all the difference

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  • Better reach and service to customers with multiple locations
  • Significant reduction in quote time and pricing errors
  • Achieved 100% on-time delivery of forward orders, while keeping inventories at economic levels
  • Now maintains a 95% fill rate of all catalog items
  • Improved efficiencies with no head count increase, despite double-digit growth in two consecutive years
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Fishbowl is a G2 Leader for small businesses, praised for high satisfaction.
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G2's top-rated for fastest implementation with highest customer satisfaction scores.
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SoftwareAdvice: Front Runner 2025
Fishbowl is a front runner across multiple manufacturing and warehousing software categories
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G2Crowd: Top 50
Best Supply Chain & Logistics Software Delivering Industry-Leading Inventory Management Solutions
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Capterra recognized Fishbowl for its robust feature set
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Ranked Fishbowl as a top performer in warehouse management
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s real-time inventory management?

Every business that handles raw materials, finished goods, or other types of inventory has to manage those items in some way, even if it’s just jotting things down with a pen and paper or typing data into a spreadsheet. But those old-school methods are error-prone and quick to become out of date. A system that manages inventory in real time can continuously track and update stock levels from the supply chain to the warehouse to your sales channels, enabling accurate demand forecasting, optimized purchasing decisions, and efficient, error-free order fulfillment.

What does it mean to keep track of your inventory in real time?

Tracking inventory in real time involves constant monitoring of stock levels as goods come and go. It updates when you receive shipments and when you’re sending out deliveries. The status of items changes when they’re committed to a sales order or when they are otherwise unavailable for other purposes. You’ll no longer see discrepancies between your physical and recorded stock counts, which means no promises you can’t deliver on and no money wasted on stockouts or overstocking.

What’s the best inventory management program?

Forbes ranks Fishbowl the #1 inventory management platform for QuickBooks users, and it’s not hard to see why — businesses of all sizes from all industries have improved their operations and boosted efficiency with Fishbowl, the all-in-one inventory and warehouse management software solution. From inventory control to asset management to up-to-the-minute stock updates, Fishbowl makes it easy to access real-time insights that enhance the customer experience and help businesses grow.

What’s the most commonly used inventory system?

Many small businesses opt for a periodic inventory system, updating their inventory levels at the end of the month, quarter, or year after physically counting every item in stock. But with a real-time solution like Fishbowl, you no longer have to rely on business-disrupting physical counts and infrequent updates. Up-to-date visibility gives you complete control over your inventory to make decisions based on the latest data and take your efficiency and profitability to the next level.

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Real-time inventory management from a real-time Fishbowl expert. 

Elevate your inventory management with Fishbowl’s real-time inventory tracking software to keep stock levels accurate and up to date — and watch inventory challenges become a thing of the past. Book a demo today.