Fishbowl’s manufacturing and warehouse management software is used by hundreds of companies in dozens of industries. Here are 40 of those industries, although there are many others that we could list. We’ll describe some of the features found in Fishbowl that apply to each industry, and we’ll also link to pages with far more information and links.
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Manufacturing processes are generally not known to be environmentally friendly. The industrial sector is also known to exploit raw materials. If you are an industrial supplier, you might also be wondering how to be more responsive to the environment while still making quality products. Fortunately, you are not the only supplier in recent years to have this dilemma. Some of them even found solutions and came up with recommendations for others to follow. To understand fully how industrial suppliers are saving the environment, it’s necessary to revisit their history. Industrial suppliers formerly relied on raw materials that were not always environmentally acceptable. Many of these raw materials have been replaced and/or recycled for their operations.
In industrial supply, customer orders used to be primarily received in hard copy format. The Internet has reduced the use of paper for ordering, shipping, and receiving of industrial supplies. If you want to learn more, here are five ways industrial suppliers are saving the environment.