# Allocated, Committed, Fulfilled Oh My: Explaining Inventory Status in Fishbowl

> A simple Excel chart that walks through the inventory status changes a part goes through in Fishbowl, from allocated to committed to fulfilled.

![inventory_chart](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/inventory_chart-1.png)

We recently were working with a client who has been using Fishbowl for a long time, and in the discussion there was a lot of confusion about terminology. In an attempt to clarify what status changes occur on what activity, we created this image in Excel to explain the various points inventory goes through.

Obviously the exact status changes based on a part's exact inventory levels status, but this should help explain the process. We can create more complex ones if necessary with customers.

-Israel

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*From Israel Lopez Consulting (ILC). Custom Fishbowl Inventory integrations and software, and Fishbowl experts since 2015. Written by Israel Lopez, published October 21, 2016. Questions about this topic, or want to reach the people who wrote it? Visit https://israellopezconsulting.com/contact*