Blog

News, how-to articles and the monthly What's new from the OpenBoxes Lift team.

  1. Choose which warehouses a teammate works at in OpenBoxes

    How to choose All locations or Only these locations for a Manager, User or Viewer, what that changes in OpenBoxes and what it leaves alone.

  2. Receive and pick from a phone in OpenBoxes Lift

    How receiving and picking work in OpenBoxes Lift Mobile, the handheld scanning beta: who can use it, Save line, Complete, Send, and what stays on the desktop.

  3. Stock-out alerts in Slack: connecting a Slack app's incoming webhook

    Create a Slack app, turn on incoming webhooks and get a message in your channel when a product runs out, from the daily stock check.

  4. Try changes on a copy of your own data

    A staging copy is a throwaway copy of your Dedicated instance with your real data. What it is for, how days are bought and spent, and why to guard it.

  5. Vaccine fridge temperatures from LoRaWAN sensors in OpenBoxes Lift

    Send fridge temperatures from The Things Stack or ChirpStack to OpenBoxes Lift (beta), see them by location, and set the alert rule.

  6. Ask OpenBoxes about your stock: the AI assistant

    An AI assistant inside OpenBoxes answers questions about stock, expiry dates and stock movements in plain words, only at the locations you can open. Included on every plan, off until you turn it on.

  7. Sending monthly stock reports from OpenBoxes to DHIS2

    How OpenBoxes Lift fills your monthly stock form in DHIS2: the figures it sends, how the timing works around the 1st and the 10th, and what to set up first.

  8. What shipped in October 2026

    The OpenBoxes Lift features that went live in October 2026.

  9. Choosing an LMIS for a small NGO or clinic network: ten questions to ask

    Ten questions for choosing a logistics management information system for a small NGO or clinic network, with OpenBoxes' honest answer to each, gaps included.

  10. Your first OpenBoxes API call with an API key

    Create an API key in the OpenBoxes Lift portal, make a first REST API call, read the response codes, page through lists and keep the key safe.