# Health Sciences + Fishbowl — Israel Lopez Consulting

> Fishbowl set up for medical, pharma, and life-sciences distribution: lot and serial tracking, expiration FEFO, traceability, and clean books.

## The problems we see

Medical, pharma, and life-sciences companies carry product that has to be tracked by lot and serial from the moment it lands to the moment it ships. When Fishbowl is not configured for that, the holes show up fast. Lot numbers get entered inconsistently or skipped, so a recall means digging through paper instead of pulling a report. Expiration dates are recorded but not enforced, so older stock sits while newer stock ships. Chain-of-custody records, the kind DSCSA-style requirements lean on, live in spreadsheets that nobody trusts. And the same counts that have to satisfy an auditor never quite tie to the accounting books.

For distributors and light manufacturers handling controlled or sensitive product, that gap is not just messy. It is the difference between answering a traceability question in minutes versus days.

## How we help

We configure Fishbowl so lot and serial tracking is captured at receipt and carried through every pick, build, and ship. We set up expiration tracking and FEFO picking so the right stock moves first, and we build the [Fishbowl Custom Reports](/fishbowl-custom-reports) that turn that data into recall and traceability answers on demand. We do not certify regulatory compliance, but we set the system up to support the records your practices require.

The most relevant services here:

- [Fishbowl Implementation](/fishbowl-implementation) for lot, serial, and expiration tracking done right from the start.
- [Fishbowl Custom Reports](/fishbowl-custom-reports) for traceability, recall readiness, and chain-of-custody pulls.
- [QuickBooks Reconciliation](/accounting-inventory-reconciliation) so audited inventory and the books agree.
- [integrations](/integrations) to connect Fishbowl to your EDI, portals, and downstream systems.

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