BoxHero Blog

Sign in Subscribe

Insights

Warehouse worker checking inventory on a clipboard while standing next to pallets and shelves, with two colleagues walking in the background

What’s a Pick List? Definition, Examples, and Key Benefits Explained

If you’ve ever shipped the wrong product—or missed an item in a rush—you know how costly warehouse picking mistakes can be. It’s frustrating for your team and your customers. And these common problems cost time, money, and customer trust. Today, warehouse operations need to be faster

Woman purchasing a packet of meat at the supermarket

What Is Stock Control? What It Is and Why It Matters

How to keep control of your warehouse despite fluctuations in demand, supply, and your business’ cash flow.

A person wearing a black cap and white polo shirt stands in a loading area, looking at a tablet while surrounded by stacked cardboard boxes.

What Is a Warehouse Management System (WMS)? Everything You Need to Know in 2025

In 2025, running a warehouse is getting harder. Customers want their orders delivered faster (with no mistakes!), and they expect to know what’s in stock at any given moment. It’s tough to keep up with all that if you’re still doing everything by hand. Managing inventory has

3D render of e-commerce icons including a basket, shopping bags, charts, and discount symbols on a digital interface.

Best E-Commerce Inventory Management Software for 2025

These tools will help you handle the challenges of inventory management in e-commerce.

Businessman using tablet and touching on online document icon

A Buyer’s Guide to Asset Tracking Software: What to Look For

Keeping track of business assets manually—whether with pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets—leaves too much room for error. It’s easy to miscount items, skip something, or record the wrong number. Over time, these small errors can add up and cause bigger problems that affect daily operations. That’

Flat Cartoon Vector Illustration of Man Working with Data on Laptop

How to Prevent Stockouts with Reorder Point Tracking and Forecasting

Any business can experience a stockout for various reasons. That’s right: a sole proprietorship, mom-and-pop shop, or medium-sized corporation can face stockouts. These events are highly disruptive and can force a company to lose sales while frustrating and losing customers. To keep things running smoothly, many businesses rely on

Small business owner packing sneakers into a box in a home office, with shipping supplies and boxes nearby.

How Much Inventory Should I Have? Answers for Newbies and Shops With Sales History

Instead of giving you a magic number, we’ll share a flexible framework to help you decide what’s right for your business.