# Fishbowl for Wholesale Importers — Israel Lopez Consulting

> Fishbowl consulting for importers: purchasing, landed costs, container receiving, warehouse operations, and inventory reconciliation.

## The problems we see

Importing changes the math. The cost of a product is not just what the supplier charged; it is freight, duty, customs, and the other charges that pile on between the factory and your dock. When those landed costs are not captured against the right items, margins look fine on paper and disappear in reality. Purchasing in one currency and selling in another only makes the gap harder to see.

Receiving is the other pressure point. A container arrives weeks after the purchase order, often split across shipments, sometimes short or over. If receiving is not modeled to match how goods actually land, the on-hand counts drift and reconciliation turns into detective work at month end.

## How we help

We set up Fishbowl so landed costs are captured against the products that carry them, so the margin you see is the margin you have. We model purchasing and container receiving to match how your shipments really arrive, including partial and consolidated receipts, and we tighten the warehouse side so counts stay trustworthy.

The most relevant services for importers:

- [Fishbowl Implementation](/fishbowl-implementation) to set up purchasing, landed costs, and receiving correctly from the start.
- [QuickBooks Reconciliation](/accounting-inventory-reconciliation) to get Fishbowl and the books to agree after the costs land.
- [Integrations](/integrations) to connect suppliers, freight, and EDI partners so data flows without re-keying.
- [Fishbowl Custom Reports](/fishbowl-custom-reports) to see true landed cost and margin by product, supplier, or shipment.

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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*