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4BOXES

Complexity made simple

Keep track of your company production with Box-e, a cloud app for production tracking, documents management and easy maintenance of complex machinery.

Print a code once. Scan it anywhere. Every document, serial and stock move follows the part for its whole life.

Get Box-e mobile app

Box-e4boxes.io
Serial
SN-2481-0093-A
Product
Gearbox housing
Site
Assembly line 2
Documents
3 linked

Example · Scan to open 4boxes.io

What Box-e can do?

01 · CATALOG

Simplifies your products catalog management

02 · TRACKING

Swiftly finds products production informations, including documents

03 · ACCESS

Streamlines the process of controlling access to specific data

04 · CLOUD

Always available, online, even on the move

Every capability, and where it runs

Product catalogWEBiOSANDRequires license

Manage your product catalog with support text and numeric properties, private and public products.

Generate QR codes that can read with BOX-E mobile apps or by any smartphone with a camera (for public products only).

Production trackingWEBiOSANDRequires license

Generate serial numbers for products of your product catalog linked to specific production sites.

Generate QR codes that can read with BOX-E mobile apps or by any smartphone with a camera (for public products only).

Warehouse managementWEBiOSANDRequires license

Keep track of products stock, move them from one site to another.

Generating or deleting serial numbers updates stock automatically.

Advanced documents managementWEBiOSANDRequires license, limited to PDF files

Upload documents once, link to multiple resources like products, serial numbers and order lists from a single section of BOX-E.

Serial numbers automatically inherit documents uploaded to their parent product.

Access Control ListsWEBiOSANDRequires license

Finely control how people can access data of your products, serial numbers and linked documents.

User groups can be extended to "any" user, even outside Box-e.

Order lists and customer managementWEBiOSANDRequires license

Manage your customer base and their order lists.

Documents (ex.: certifications) can be uploaded to order lists and users can easily generate testing reports.

Print supportWEBiOSANDRequires license, limited to PDF and ZPL2 files

Print BOX-E QR codes as labels in PDF format or use ZEBRA printers (limited to ZPL II compatible printers).

Sites managementWEBiOSANDRequires license

Manage your sites and link them to products to enable production tracking.

Users managementWEBiOSANDRequires license

Create users with limited access to some BOX-E features.

Mobile appsWEBiOSANDFree download, some features may require an active license

Scan BOX-E QR codes and read products or serial numbers data, including documents.

Review or configure serial numbers of complex products (see "Complex products").

FAQ

What is Box-e?

Box-e is a cloud app by 4BOXES for production tracking, documents management and easier maintenance of complex machinery. You print a QR code once, and every document, serial number and stock movement stays attached to the part.

Which platforms does Box-e run on?

The web app covers every feature. The iOS and Android apps cover the product catalog, production tracking, documents and access control lists: they scan Box-e QR codes and read product or serial number data, including linked documents.

Does Box-e require a licence?

Yes. Every feature listed on this page requires an active licence. The mobile apps are a free download, but some of their features also require an active licence.

How does Box-e track a physical product?

You generate serial numbers for products in your catalog, linked to specific production sites, and Box-e generates a QR code for each one. Scanning it with the mobile app, or with any phone camera for public products, returns the product data and its linked documents.

What can Box-e do with documents?

Upload a PDF once and link it to multiple products, serial numbers and order lists from a single section. Serial numbers automatically inherit the documents uploaded to their parent product. Document management is limited to PDF files.

Can Box-e print labels?

Yes. Box-e prints its QR codes as labels in PDF format, or directly to ZEBRA printers that support ZPL II.

Does Box-e manage warehouse stock?

Yes, from the web app. It keeps track of product stock and moves products between sites; creating or deleting serial numbers updates the stock automatically.

Can I control who sees which data?

Yes. Access Control Lists let you decide how people access the data of your products, serial numbers and linked documents. User groups can be extended to any user, including people outside Box-e.

Who makes Box-e?

4BOXES SRLS, an Italian company based in Treviolo (BG), VAT number 04362180160. You can reach the team at contact@4boxes.io.

Who we are

Software development

FC

Francesco Colleoni

Founder, software architect

AC

Alessandro Colleoni

Founder, software architect

VF

Vincenzo Ferrara

Founder, software architect

Management and marketing

MB

Massimo Bettonagli

Founder, CEO