{"id":2928,"date":"2025-01-15T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartbox-solutions.nl\/index.php\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:19:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartbox-solutions.nl\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2928\" class=\"elementor elementor-2928 elementor-1680\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2b0d04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2b0d04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f655d e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9f655d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4dbf1 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"3e4dbf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/smartbox-solutions.nl\/en\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-home\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M280.37 148.26L96 300.11V464a16 16 0 0 0 16 16l112.06-.29a16 16 0 0 0 15.92-16V368a16 16 0 0 1 16-16h64a16 16 0 0 1 16 16v95.64a16 16 0 0 0 16 16.05L464 480a16 16 0 0 0 16-16V300L295.67 148.26a12.19 12.19 0 0 0-15.3 0zM571.6 251.47L488 182.56V44.05a12 12 0 0 0-12-12h-56a12 12 0 0 0-12 12v72.61L318.47 43a48 48 0 0 0-61 0L4.34 251.47a12 12 0 0 0-1.6 16.9l25.5 31A12 12 0 0 0 45.15 301l235.22-193.74a12.19 12.19 0 0 1 15.3 0L530.9 301a12 12 0 0 0 16.9-1.6l25.5-31a12 12 0 0 0-1.7-16.93z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eb2a41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eb2a41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\/ About us<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a74e9 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1a74e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36cc64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f36cc64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work Smarter, Not Harder<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4336240 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4336240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are smart.box. Our mission? To provide production companies with complete visibility and control over their daily operations and opportunities for improvement. Our motto: stop waiting &#8211; let\u2019s take action now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2c880 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3b2c880\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d54379 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d54379\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d722b69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d722b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work Smarter, Not Harder<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731809b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"731809b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are smart.box. Our mission? To provide production companies with complete visibility and control over their daily operations and opportunities for improvement. Our motto: stop waiting &#8211; let\u2019s take action now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088e8c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"088e8c1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3c18f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c3c18f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef83669 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ef83669\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced9e0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ced9e0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ae73d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41ae73d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Smart solutions for the manufacturing industry<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf3b2c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf3b2c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Achieving transparency on the shop floor is a crucial step for companies, not only to monitor daily operations but also to support continuous improvement efforts. For many customers, gathering accurate data is a daunting task &#8211; it requires significant time and effort to establish a single source of truth. Over time, this led to the creation of a lean tool designed to visualize the entire order flow, including all forms of waste. From there, more and more intelligent solutions were developed to provide better insights and improve manageability.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e79deea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e79deea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf1666f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf1666f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Intuitive &amp; User-Friendly<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d319d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1d319d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We simplify complex products and make them appealing to the end user. The user interface is a crucial factor in ensuring the successful adoption of our IT solutions by all employees. While our solutions are designed to be robust and feature-rich, we always prioritize the end user\u2019s experience. Our goal is for every user to be up and running in just a few minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349aa2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"349aa2e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d9c72d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d9c72d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3823ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3823ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our DNA<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5361233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5361233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We provide lean solutions that offer complete visibility into what&#8217;s happening on the shop floor, empowering companies to make both operational and structural improvements. This philosophy is embedded in our products, as well as in the way we deliver our services. We focus on efficient, targeted implementations and value direct, open communication. Transparency is at the core of our approach. Continuous improvement is in our DNA &#8211; every day, our products and services get a little better. So, if you have ideas for improvements, we\u2019d love to hear them!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38ed7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c38ed7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f1d00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23f1d00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Working Smarter, Every Day<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb5a9cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb5a9cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"672\">With 20 years of experience in improvement processes within the manufacturing industry, we&#8217;ve learned one thing for sure: many companies require greater transparency on the shop floor. 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