Integrated Fishbowl® Solution Delivers Competitive Inventory Control for Wholesale Medical Supply Distributor, Trimex Medical®
Company Size
11-200
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Fishbowl Warehouse
Tech Stack
- Inventory Management System
- QuickBooks Integration
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Supply Chain Visibility
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Trimex Medical is a fast-growing wholesale medical, dental, and hospital supplies distributor. The company competes against large competitors with extensive resources and relies on efficient management processes to stay competitive. These tactics have helped make Trimex a $2 million company with fewer than ten employees. Due to their large volume, Trimex encounters many of the same obstacles that large medical supply distributors do. The company needed to find an effective inventory management system that had the robust functionality their industry required but that wouldn’t break their bank account.
The Challenge
Trimex Medical, a wholesale medical, dental, and hospital supplies distributor, was facing challenges due to its large volume of operations. The company was at a crossroads, needing an effective inventory management system to sustain their competitive position and increase output. The medical supplies industry required allocation of inventory dispersed into many non-traditional stock locales, including consigned inventory, leased inventory, and inventory sold with RMA tracking detail. Additionally, much of the product maintains lot and serial tracking codes. Product liability was detrimental to the success of the company. Knowing exactly what they have and where they have it was fundamental to Trimex’s business model. They needed a solution that was priced at a fraction of an in-house-built solution cost and that wouldn't require them to abandon the familiar QuickBooks accounting software.
The Solution
Trimex turned to Fishbowl to implement an effective inventory management system. Fishbowl had all the feature sets already in place for their company. The solution was priced at a fraction of an in-house-built solution cost. Additionally, implementing Fishbowl meant that they wouldn’t have to abandon the familiar QuickBooks accounting software, they had come to depend on. Fishbowl’s seamless integration with QB gave them the advanced functionality of the larger, more expensive software packages normally associated with the medical supplies industry. Under a time constraint, Trimex implemented Fishbowl in time for their year-end-close out and went live for the new business year within just a few weeks. Now they have QuickBooks and Fishbowl working in unison to provide the inventory management system with which they can expand.
Operational Impact
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