We've run Fishbowl Advanced for 10 years. We know what's missing.
We've operated two manufacturing companies on Fishbowl Advanced. We purchase thousands of parts, manage dozens of suppliers, and run production schedules across product lines. Fishbowl handles the books and the inventory. But it wasn't built to think ahead for you. It can't draft a buying plan when stock runs low, prioritize your production queue when orders spike, or flag a supplier problem before it hits the floor.
We got tired of building those tools by hand. So we built Aquarium.
“Built by manufacturers.
For manufacturers.”
We didn't set out to build an AI company. We needed Fishbowl to do more.
Our CEO Scott has spent 40 years in manufacturing and enterprise technology. He was there for the first Oracle Manufacturing deployment. He built and exited SaaS companies. He runs Phoenix-Micron, a precision ophthalmic instrument company that ships to 26 countries.
For the last decade, his companies have run on Fishbowl Advanced. The software handles inventory, purchasing, and production. But the planning, the analysis, and the judgment calls? Those still fell on a small team doing manual work every day.
So we started building the tools ourselves: buying plans, schedule generators, supplier analysis. Then Scott, and Rochelle the head of purchasing at Phoenix-Micron, realized every Fishbowl Advanced manufacturer they talked to was duct-taping together the same solutions. Aquarium is those tools, productized.
Born on the shop floor.
Aquarium was founded by people who run manufacturing companies on Fishbowl Advanced every day. Our CEO built purchasing and planning tools for his own factories. Our partner IPS built Viper, a cloud MES that runs production floors today. The team includes purchasing operators who source 1,500 parts from dozens of vendors, product leaders, and engineers. All united by the conviction that Fishbowl manufacturers shouldn't have to fight their software to get real work done.
Let AI assistants run the routine ERP work, so manufacturers can build product that delights their customers.
Track. Manage. Store. Report.
Angel investor John Herring spent 45+ years building A-1 into one of the leading roof truss manufacturers in the country. He built Viper, a cloud-based MES that runs his own factory today, through his company IPS. Most manufacturers can't build their own Viper. Aquarium brings that same intelligence to every Fishbowl Advanced manufacturer through AI. We built Aquarium because we were tired of waiting.
Our parent company is named TMSR Holdings. Track, Manage, Store, and Report. The philosophy is the company.
We knew Fishbowl. We needed engineers who'd shipped AI in production.
An AI platform is a different kind of engineering. Kate and Anna came from 5x5 Technologies, where they spent years building AI-powered digital twins for critical infrastructure. Systems where bad data isn't a dashboard error, it's a structural failure. They lead the Aquarium build.
Since then, Cord, Álvaro, and Carter have joined the team, bringing experience from companies like Intel and CVBLab at UPV in Valencia, Spain. We continue to grow.
Freedom
Your buyer shouldn't spend half the day clicking through Fishbowl to issue a PO. Aquarium turns that into a conversation.
Clarity
Every action the assistant takes is logged. You see what it did, what data it used, and why. No black boxes.
Control
The assistant drafts. You approve. Nothing gets written to Fishbowl until you say so.
The AI layer Fishbowl Advanced has been missing.
Start with the Buyer Assistant free today. Planner arrives June 2026. Manufacturing Manager, Business Analyst, and Assembler arrive summer 2026. If you've been waiting for Fishbowl Advanced to get smarter, this is it.
Or email us at hello@aqmfg.com
We start with Fishbowl Advanced. We won't stop there.
We want to bring AI assistants to every ERP that small manufacturers actually use. Procurement, production, fulfillment. You tell it what needs to happen. It does the work. We're starting with Fishbowl Advanced because it's what we run every day. But every manufacturer deserves the freedom to build.