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Inventory Management Software For Construction & Trades

Construction Inventory Management Software

Jobsites, fleets, off-site builds, compliance, deadlines. Every one of them hits the bottom line. Fishbowl is the best construction inventory software for contractors on QuickBooks and Xero — track materials, tools, and equipment across every site in real time, and make inventory the easiest part of your day.

Track, trace, and manage your inventory for multiple construction sites

Multi-location Management

Manage inventory and equipment across jobsites and warehouses

Job Costing & Time Tracking

Track time spent on jobs to better project and plan for resource requirements

SKU & Product Complexity

Add and manage product SKUs across locations and on trucks

Supply Chain Management

Control costs, reduce waste, and ensure a consistent flow of materials and equipment of your construction business

Regulatory Compliance

An inventory software that supports regulatory compliance for your construction project

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FAQs from Construction & Trade companies

What is construction inventory management software?

Construction inventory management software tracks materials, tools, and equipment across jobsites, warehouses, and fleet vehicles. It replaces spreadsheets and clipboard counts with real-time visibility — so you know what's on every truck, what's been used on which project, and when to reorder before a crew sits idle waiting on parts.

How does construction inventory software help contractors?

It cuts the three things that kill margin on a build: lost tools, duplicate material orders, and crew downtime. Construction inventory software gives every site supervisor and office manager the same live count, tracks equipment check-ins and check-outs, and ties material costs back to the project so you actually know what each job earned.

Does Fishbowl inventory® management system support batch and lot tracking for items on fleet trucks?

Yes! Fishbowl allows you to track your inventory and finished goods by whatever labeling you prefer and from anywhere in the field. Choose from Fishbowl’s pre-loaded library of tracking options: lot number, expiration date, received date, revision number, units of measure, country of origin, and more, or you can also create your own. Asset tracking features monitor the status, location, and availability of tools and equipment. This level of connectedness and visibility across your inventory makes it easy for field-service technicians, jobsite crews, and warehouse staff to quickly assess whether inventory needs to move to a location urgently.

Can Fishbowl manage expiration dates and prevent waste?

Fishbowl’s inventory and manufacturing capabilities allow you to track everything from individual parts to complete manufacturing builds, from work orders to purchase orders, and the landed costs for each item you keep in inventory. With Fishbowl Time, you can track the exact amount of time spent on jobs, allowing you to estimate labor requirements and associated costs. Accurate tracking for materials, equipment, and labor enables you to appropriately estimate the true cost associated with each project or jobsite.

How does Fishbowl manage construction supply chains and subcontractors?

Absolutely! Fishbowl enables strategic coordination of all parties and processes, including suppliers and contractors, to ensure timely and cost-effective sourcing, delivery, and utilization of materials, labor and equipment needed for job completion. With the help of Fishbowl’s library of reports, you can evaluate and manage vendor relationships. Critical reports include:

How does Fishbowl manage products that have strict tracking or labeling requirements?

Fishbowl’s lot and serial number tracking allow you to trace products through every step of the supply chain. In the event of a delay, your team can quickly identify and trace products from start to finish. Once you receive new inventory, you can also customize your product labels to be able to track the details most important to your operations, regulatory bodies, and to your customers. Key reports available in Fishbowl give you an even deeper dive into your processes and supply chain. These reports include:

How does Fishbowl track labor costs by project?

With Fishbowl’s workforce management features, you can track and manage recruiting, training, scheduling, and retention of skill labor and professionals, while ensuring compliance with safety and employment regulations. User management and access rights controls let you customize which employees have access to various parts of Fishbowl. Document and file storage features allow you to keep critical documentation and files stored in the platform, eliminating the need to work in separate programs to find information on updated certifications, documents, and contracts. Time and attendance tracking features help manage labor usage and requirements by job or jobsite, giving greater cost control and improving costing estimations for future jobs.

Can Fishbowl help me stay on top of regulatory certifications and renewals?

Yes! With Fishbowl's calendar feature, you can schedule actions and reminders that help you stay on top of certification renewals. You can also create custom workflows around certifications and renewals, as well as leverage Fishbowl Advanced™ reports to gain insights and track information related to compliance (schedule reports to be generated and exported in several different formats for ongoing tracking and documentation). Additionally, you can store all of your documentation on certification and compliance with Fishbowl File Storage.

How easy is it to modify or create new warehouse and jobsite workflows?

We will train you and your team on how to create new, or modify existing, workflows as part of your implementation, training, and certification. Keep those learnings fresh with on-demand training through Brainstorm. If you need certain changes, or just want to leverage Fishbowl expertise, our team of experts is here to help craft/modify your workflows as needed! No matter how you work, Fishbowl’s got your back.

Does Fishbowl integrate with QuickBooks for construction accounting?

Yes — Fishbowl has a native, accounting-first sync with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, and Xero. Inventory adjustments, landed costs, and COGS post automatically, so your finance team doesn't double-enter material purchases and job costing stays accurate without manual reconciliation at month-end.

Testimonials

Really impressed

Trevor
Developer, Retail Industry

We were really impressed with the how complete this software was. Others claimed to be similar but fell short in many key areas.

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