Case Study: Bishop Distributing Inc. streamlines inventory and online ordering with Fishbowl Inventory

How a third-generation distributor streamlined operations, empowered its sales team, and scaled B2B eCommerce with Fishbowl

Bishop Distributing Inc., a third-generation family-owned distributor in central Texas, was struggling to manage thousands of SKUs, six daily delivery trucks, and a high volume of faxed, emailed, and phone orders. The old process created manual entry errors, limited inventory visibility, and fulfillment issues, especially with non-standard pack quantities. Fishbowl Inventory helped address these challenges, integrating with QuickBooks Desktop and supporting their inventory, purchasing, sales, and accounting workflows.

Fishbowl Inventory, paired with Kinein for B2B eCommerce, gave Bishop real-time inventory visibility, automated online orders into Fishbowl sales orders, and enforced pack-size and minimum-order rules. This reduced manual data entry, improved order accuracy, and sped up picking, packing, and shipping with barcode scanning and UPS WorldShip integration. The result was hundreds of hours saved, faster fulfillment, and a major shift toward online ordering.

Bishop Distributing Inc.

Joe King

Chief Executive Officer