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Sample UPC Barcode Label for Organic Chamomile Tea with BoxHero's Custom Label Designer on purple background

UPC vs. EAN: Which Barcode Does Your Product Need?

If you search "how to get a barcode" on Google, you'll see several formats: UPC, EAN, Code 128, ITF, GTIN — but most small sellers only need a subset of these. For a product going on a store shelf or an online marketplace, only two of them

BoxHero Customer Story: UB BIO New Zealand Health Products and Dietary Supplements

How UB Bio Tracks Supplement Manufacturing with BoxHero

Accountant reviewing printed inventory valuation reports at a desk, comparing the figures against a bar chart on a laptop with a calculator nearby.

Inventory Valuation After You Pick a Method: Closing, Write-Downs, and Audits

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Custom Analytics

How to Create Custom Inventory Reports with the AI Assistant

Wooden blocks with SKU text and shop icon representing inventory management, retail business, product identification, and e-commerce solutions.

SKU Best Practices: Naming Rules, Common Mistakes, and Cleanup

Plastic model car kit parts on sprues with cutters and tweezers, an example of components packaged as one kit

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

BoxHero inventory software phone screen scanning a QR code label with 1D barcode in background

How Barcode Scanning Makes Everyday Inventory Tasks Easier

Insights

Sample UPC Barcode Label for Organic Chamomile Tea with BoxHero's Custom Label Designer on purple background

UPC vs. EAN: Which Barcode Does Your Product Need?

If you search "how to get a barcode" on Google, you'll see several formats: UPC, EAN, Code 128, ITF, GTIN — but most small sellers only need a subset of these. For a product going on a store shelf or an online marketplace, only two of them

Accountant reviewing printed inventory valuation reports at a desk, comparing the figures against a bar chart on a laptop with a calculator nearby.

Inventory Valuation After You Pick a Method: Closing, Write-Downs, and Audits

Wooden blocks with SKU text and shop icon representing inventory management, retail business, product identification, and e-commerce solutions.

SKU Best Practices: Naming Rules, Common Mistakes, and Cleanup

Plastic model car kit parts on sprues with cutters and tweezers, an example of components packaged as one kit

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

BoxHero inventory software phone screen scanning a QR code label with 1D barcode in background

How Barcode Scanning Makes Everyday Inventory Tasks Easier

Warehouse inventory management illustration with workers, storage shelves, conveyor belts, and delivery trucks

Do You Need a WMS? Two Checklists to Find Out

Abstract illustration with a blue gradient background depicting AI-driven data & reporting with BoxHero

AI for Inventory Management: Use Cases for Small Businesses

Updates

BoxHero Update: New Changelog in Documentation

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

BoxHero Product Update: Mobile "Items" Tab Redesigned

A New Look for the Mobile Items Tab

BoxHero Update: New Languages Added

New Languages: BoxHero Speaks Vietnamese and Russian

BoxHero Update Announcement: Introducing File Attributes

Attach Files and Images to Your Item Details

BoxHero Update: Custom Print Layouts

Purchase Orders & Invoices — Now Fully Customizable

BoxHero Update Announcement: Desktop App Driverless Label Printing

Desktop App: Label Printing Without Drivers (No Setup Required)

BoxHero Update: Custom Label Design

Design Your Own Barcode Labels

Feature

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Custom Analytics

How to Create Custom Inventory Reports with the AI Assistant

Most inventory reports fall into one of two categories. The first includes reports you already have. Inventory value, turnover, and average quantity on hand are common examples — standard metrics that are built into most inventory systems. The second includes reports that answer specific business questions. * How many units did we

BoxHero Highlight: 7 Extra Features

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

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Notification Set

Managing Notifications: Inventory Alerts and Weekly Reports

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Sales Reports

Using Sales Reports to Guide Inventory Decisions

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Barcode Printing & Scanning

Barcoding for Small Businesses: Print and Scan with BoxHero

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Order Setting

How to Set Up Order Settings in BoxHero

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Multiple Locations

How to Track Inventory by Location in BoxHero

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