The Truss Blog
Practical, no-fluff writing on automating Fishbowl Inventory, eliminating manual order entry, and scaling small distribution operations.
- June 18, 2026Why Fishbowl Users Are Still Re-Entering Purchase Orders by Hand (And How to Stop)Fishbowl is powerful, but it doesn't read PDFs. Here's why small distributors are still typing vendor POs by hand in 2026 — and the modern way to stop.
- June 18, 2026The Hidden Cost of Manual Order Entry for Small Wholesale DistributorsMost distributors never calculate what manual order entry actually costs. Here's the math on labor, errors, scaling limits, and morale — and the real fix.
- June 12, 2026Why AI Order Intake Beats Traditional OCR for Fishbowl UsersStop choosing between OCR's template-maintenance hell and AI marketing hype. See why context-aware AI order intake outperforms traditional OCR for Fishbowl users on layout flexibility, error handling, and setup time.
- June 12, 2026Starter Plan: Scale Your Fishbowl Order Intake Without Adding HeadcountThe Truss Starter Plan at $99/month automates Fishbowl order intake for small distributors processing up to 75 orders monthly. See what's included, who it's built for, and the ROI math.
- June 12, 2026The Professional Plan: Fishbowl Order Automation for High-Growth TeamsThe Truss Professional Plan at $249/month handles 300 orders per month with unlimited SKU mappings and 7 team members — built for growing distributors who've outgrown manual order entry.
- June 12, 2026Optimizing Fishbowl Operational Efficiency for Wholesale DistributorsIf your team spends hours every week re-typing vendor PDFs into Fishbowl, the bottleneck isn't your ERP — it's your order intake process. Five concrete ways to optimize Fishbowl operational efficiency.
- June 12, 2026Improving Data Accuracy in Your Fishbowl Inventory SystemData accuracy problems in Fishbowl rarely come from careless employees — they come from the manual transcription process itself. Here's how AI-powered order intake eliminates errors at the source.