Inventory Management
Manage inventory at multiple levels: bin location, product, lot/serial number, and expiration date
- Manage multiple facilities across multiple regions
- Manage bin locations and bulk storage areas within each storage facility
- Make adjustments to quantity and bin location during inventory activities
- Track reasons for adjustment (i.e. expiry, damage, loss)
- Export suggested cycle count for each location based on last inventory date
- Remove quantity from inventory due to expiry, damage, or recall
Stock Movements
Intuitive workflows to manage movement of stock from a supplier to depot, from depot to depot, and from depot to consumption location.
- Ability to base a stock movement on a preset stock list (i.e. monthly replenishment)
- Ability to edit quantity in stock movement based on availability of stock
- Ability to keep track of original request to inform forecasting
- Ability to act on suggested substitutions during stock movement workflow
- Automated picking based on first-expiry-first-out (FEFO) algorithm
- Ability to export and print picklist
- Ability to pack items by pallet and box
- Ability to add stock movement metadata including date, tracking number, comments
- Ability to export packing lists and customized customs clearance documentation
- Ability to upload and store other documentation
Reporting
Supports utilization and request (demand) tracking; Includes out-of-the-box reporting features for planning and warehouse management; Customized reports and integration with other software can be developed
- Dashboard Indicators
- Consumption Report
- Stockout Report
- Expiration Report
- Transaction Report
- Stock Analytics
- Quantity On Hand Report
Support for Multiple Languages
Supports English, Spanish, and French out of the box and can easily be translated into any other language.
- Easy to translate into other languages
- Ability to store custom translations in local database.
- Custom translations for certain metadata fields (i.e. location type)
Flexible Deployment Options
OpenBoxes is a web-based system that can be hosted in the cloud or on-premise; there is no need for a license, so there is no limit to the number of simultaneous users
- Web-based system that can be hosted in the cloud or on-premise.
- Requires consistent internet connectivity for cloud-based system
- Requires human resources and hardware to support on-premise system with offline capability
- There are no limits to the number of users who can use the system at one time
- There are no limits to the number stock locations you can manage
- Can be accessed from mobile devices
- Can be integrated with third-party software systems through REST API (as of v0.8.0).
- Can be integrated with barcode scanners and RFID receivers