An inventory management system, comprising: a removable wireless device (121, 710); a platform having a platform contact element configured to supply electrical power; an inventory management container, comprising: a container body with a container base and a transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the container base comprising a void configured to receive the removable wireless device; an illumination element (123, 712) at least partly embedded in the transparent and/or translucent sidewall such that, when the illumination element is active, the illumination element illuminates the transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the removable wireless device being operably connected to the illumination element via a contact within the void only when the removable wireless device is received in the void; an onboard contact element on an exterior surface of the container body configured to interact with the platform contact element, when the inventory management container is placed on the platform, for supply of electrical power to the removable wireless device; and an inventory manager including at least one processor and non-transitory memory including instructions that, when performed by the at least one processor, cause the inventory manager to: communicate an instruction to the removable wireless device; and in response to the removable wireless device receiving the instruction when the removable wireless device is received in the void, operably connect the removable wireless device to the illumination element via the contact, so as to power the illumination element and cause illumination of the inventory management container. a removable wireless device (121, 710); a platform having a platform contact element configured to supply electrical power; an inventory management container, comprising: a container body with a container base and a transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the container base comprising a void configured to receive the removable wireless device; an illumination element (123, 712) at least partly embedded in the transparent and/or translucent sidewall such that, when the illumination element is active, the illumination element illuminates the transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the removable wireless device being operably connected to the illumination element via a contact within the void only when the removable wireless device is received in the void; an onboard contact element on an exterior surface of the container body configured to interact with the platform contact element, when the inventory management container is placed on the platform, for supply of electrical power to the removable wireless device; and a container body with a container base and a transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the container base comprising a void configured to receive the removable wireless device; an illumination element (123, 712) at least partly embedded in the transparent and/or translucent sidewall such that, when the illumination element is active, the illumination element illuminates the transparent and/or translucent sidewall, the removable wireless device being operably connected to the illumination element via a contact within the void only when the removable wireless device is received in the void; an onboard contact element on an exterior surface of the container body configured to interact with the platform contact element, when the inventory management container is placed on the platform, for supply of electrical power to the removable wireless device; an inventory manager including at least one processor and non-transitory memory including instructions that, when performed by the at least one processor, cause the inventory manager to: communicate an instruction to the removable wireless device; and in response to the removable wireless device receiving the instruction when the removable wireless device is received in the void, operably connect the removable wireless device to the illumination element via the contact, so as to power the illumination element and cause illumination of the inventory management container. communicate an instruction to the removable wireless device; and in response to the removable wireless device receiving the instruction when the removable wireless device is received in the void, operably connect the removable wireless device to the illumination element via the contact, so as to power the illumination element and cause illumination of the inventory management container.