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What is Kitting? How It Works in Manufacturing and E-commerce

Kitting is the practice of grouping several components or products into a single unit that carries its own SKU and barcode. A meal kit is a consumer version of it: one box holds every measured ingredient for a recipe. A retail version is a printer packaged with a starter ink

How Barcode Scanning Makes Everyday Inventory Tasks Easier

A barcode connects each product to its record in your inventory software. Scan it, and you instantly see that item's current quantity, storage location, and other details like category, weight, or dimensions. It's as simple as it sounds — instead of typing everything by hand or writing

BoxHero's Nonprofit Discount Is Now 50% Off

Great news: we've raised our nonprofit discount from 20% to 50% on all Business Plan subscriptions! If your organization already receives our nonprofit discount, there's nothing you need to do. The new rate will be applied automatically starting with your next billing cycle and will appear

Do You Need a WMS? Two Checklists to Find Out

A warehouse management system (WMS) is one of the larger software purchases a growing business will make. Cloud subscriptions commonly run $2,000 to $10,000 per month, and the implementation work — setup, data migration, integrations, hardware, and training — can easily cost more than the first year of the software

AI for Inventory Management: Use Cases for Small Businesses

If you’re a small business owner or solo operator, the "AI conversation" can feel overwhelming — like something that requires time, technical skills, or a team of data scientists or analysts you don’t have. The good news is that it’s much simpler than it sounds. You

ABC Analysis for Inventory: Rank Items and Set Count Rules

Some of what you stock barely needs a second look. You reorder it on autopilot, and a miscount hardly matters. But a smaller group of items is the opposite: expensive, slow to replace, and a real problem when the count is wrong. Most stockrooms apply the same reorder point, count

How to Convince Your Boss to Invest in Inventory Management Software

The people responsible for counting inventory every day are often the first to see the need for better inventory software. The challenge is getting buy-in from the people who control the budget. Capterra's recent review of 650+ conversations with inventory software buyers found that most teams hesitate

Why Zebra Is #1 in Label Printers: Lessons from Testing 20 Machines

If you've ever looked into label printers, you've probably had the same experience: everyone says Zebra is the best, but nobody really explains why. We ran into this ourselves. At BoxHero, we recently built a driverless printing feature for our inventory management platform. To make sure

Updates & Announcements Have a New Home

We're moving our updates and announcements to our documentation page! Going forward, you'll find everything there — from new features and improvements to smaller bug fixes and quality-of-life changes. 😀 Bookmark the page so you never miss what's new. We're always listening

7 BoxHero Features You're Probably Not Using (But Should Be)

There's a lot tucked inside BoxHero that doesn't get enough attention. Some of these features were added recently, others have been around for a while — but they're easy to miss if you're sticking to the same screens every day. Beyond the basics,

A New Look for the Mobile Items Tab

We've redesigned the Items tab in the BoxHero mobile app. The updated layout is cleaner, more intuitive, and built to support new features we'll be rolling out soon. Here's a quick walkthrough of what's changed: Item List There are three main changes

New Languages: BoxHero Speaks Vietnamese and Russian

Xin chào! 👋 Привет! 👋 BoxHero is used by teams across the globe to track, manage, and control their inventory — and we want every team to feel at home doing it. Starting today, BoxHero is available in Vietnamese and Russian on web and the desktop app, bringing our total to 12 supported

How Secure Payments Keep Warehouses and Inventory Moving Efficiently

Keeping warehouses and inventory ticking along efficiently is a never-ending task, regardless of the industry you work in. A single delayed or flagged payment can hold back shipments, block inventory space, and throw off fulfillment. Alongside reducing manual work, tracking the right KPIs, and keeping your physical inventory organized,

Managing Notifications: Inventory Alerts and Weekly Reports

Notifications are easy to ignore when they are poorly timed or too broad. BoxHero’s notification settings are designed to alert you when needed and appropriate, not to flood your inbox or lock screen. Notifications include Low Stock Alerts with customizable locations and times, plus Weekly Reports that summarize inventory