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BoxHero Update Announcement: Custom Fields Added

Custom Fields Are Now Available for Purchases & Sales

We’ve just added a brand-new Custom Fields feature to Purchases & Sales! Until now, you could only use predefined fields when creating an order. With this update, you can add your own fields—such as a contact person, their email address, account details, and more. We’ve also improved

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How to Use Excel Spreadsheets for Inventory Tracking

If you run a small shop, warehouse, or side business, chances are your inventory started in Excel. Spreadsheets are familiar, inexpensive, and flexible enough to track stock without learning a new system. But spreadsheets can also get messy fast. One wrong formula or a missed update can ripple through your

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4 Lightweight Inventory Apps for Small Teams

Small businesses lose between 10-30% of their annual profits to inventory errors, according to industry experts. Yet most teams of five to fifteen people are caught in an impossible middle ground: spreadsheets have become unmanageable, but enterprise software feels like overkill. The good news is that modern inventory tools are

BoxHero Feature Highlight: Member Roles

Member Permissions in BoxHero: A Role-Based Guide

If you manage inventory with more than one person, permissions aren’t a “nice to have. They keep pricing and stock data clean, reduce mistakes, and make sure each teammate sees the parts of BoxHero that match their job. This guide explains how BoxHero’s member permissions work, how to

New Updates : Purchases & Sales on Mobile

Manage Purchases and Sales on Mobile (Now Fully Supported)

The long-awaited update is here! You can now create, edit, and delete Purchase Orders (POs) and Sales Orders (SOs), Returns, and Bundles directly from the mobile app. Previously, mobile access was limited to processing existing orders with Stock In or Stock Out transactions. With this update, you can now handle

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How to Actually Improve Your Warehouse Picking and Packing

Picking and packing is one of those behind-the-scenes steps that customers rarely think about, yet it determines whether an order arrives on time, in good condition, and with the right items inside. What might surprise you is how much of a warehouse’s budget is tied up in this process.

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Days on Hand Inventory (DOH): Formulas, Examples, and Pitfalls

If you run a business that holds stock, Days on Hand Inventory (DOH) is one of the simplest numbers that can tell you a lot about how well you’re managing it. It tells you, in days, how long your current inventory would last at your recent rate of sales