Kitting is a prepackaging method manufacturers use to streamline the assembly process of multi-part products. Whether a kit is intended for the manufacturer itself or end-users, kitting effectively reduces the time, labor, and costs associated with gathering and organizing individual components each and every time someone prepares your product.
Choosing a kitting services provider to cut out unnecessary work with hardware and fastener kits will increase the speed and efficiency with which assembly workers and installation professionals can do their jobs. Read on to learn more about kitting, its primary benefits for manufacturers and distributors, and how kitting service professionals can streamline assembly processes.
What Is Kitting?
The kitting process takes the multiple components necessary for assembling a product and prepackages them into a single box, carton, or clear plastic poly bag to simplify their use and shipment. Rather than taking the time to manually extract and count the individual parts you need from a larger box each time, kitted components are pre-counted and -packaged together in a master bag or container based on the exact quantities you require for easy use. These ready-to-ship packages can be labeled with your customer’s specs for simple part identification, as well.
It’s an ideal process for packaging fastener products, putting together custom kits of components like nuts, bolts, washers, and screws. Poly bags are a popular option for kitting fastener sets. These are beneficial for any application in which pre-packaged fasteners would be helpful for an end user, such as assembly line processes and cabinetry installation.
Benefits of Kitting
Partnering with a professional kitting services provider lends your operation numerous benefits. The primary advantages of kitting include:
Enhanced Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction:
Picking and packaging components only as you need them or when orders come in breeds inefficiency for slower order fulfillment. An effective kitting service provider instead proactively pre-assembles individual items into ready-to-use or ready-to-ship kits using a vendor-managed inventory system. An assembly-line worker, for example, will then have the accurate number and type of parts necessary to assemble each product, streamlining their process and minimizing breaks in their concentration.
Decreased Material Waste and Product Loss:
By incorporating all the necessary product components into a single kit, you cut down on the amount of packaging material you’d otherwise waste packaging each item separately. You’ll also be less likely to misplace single components because they’re not individually packaged.
Time and Cost Reductions:
Bagging specific fastener types together for a product’s assembly helps speed up production, enhancing productivity while reducing expenses. This leads to improved logistics, lower fulfillment costs, and a more efficient and profitable business model overall.
Contact Associated Fastening
Kitted fasteners help manufacturers improve assembly speed, boost profits, and reduce inefficiency in their operations. That’s why Associated Fastening Products, Inc. provides our clients with efficient poly bagging, kitting, and fulfillment services to simplify production. For over 35 years, Associated Fastening has been providing OEM clients worldwide with manufacturing, kitting and packaging solutions for diverse applications.
Our state-of-the-art machinery allows us to pre-package high-quality fasteners, hardware, brackets, casters, O-rings, clips, bushings, and more using various packaging options and sizes. With the ability to place small to large items, our packaging equipment can process 1 to 1,000 of the same component and 1 to 25 different ones to make custom-configured kits that suit your exact assembly needs.
While we most commonly utilize poly bags for fastener sets, our team also offers skin and blister packaging as well as parts boxes for our custom hardware kits. In addition to poly bagging and kitting, Associated Fastening has capabilities for hand counting, sub-assembly, labeling, and barcoding to offer comprehensive, one-stop services for your convenience.
Contact us to learn more about our poly bagging and kitting solutions, or request a quote for any of our extensive service offerings today.