You, like most of the industry, have had a headache because of inventory turnover problems. And it is not an easy task, sometimes thousands and thousands of pieces arrive every day to the warehouse.

And it is often impossible to arrange them in order of use, or is it?

We tell you about kitting, the service that will significantly improve inventory turnover, but will also improve the assembly process.

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The kitting service is known as the action of gathering the materials that make up a product to form a kit. The kits of parts are delivered to the assembly line, where automobiles, furniture or appliances can be manufactured.

What is the importance of kitting in companies?

As kitting is a strategy for grouping products (or making kits of parts), it allows the organization of parts and tools for use in the production stage.

This speeds up the assembly process and eliminates the need to search endlessly for each part. This ensures an uninterrupted supply of assembly parts.

What are the reasons why companies hire kitting services?

The benefits of using the kitting strategy as a logistics method are many and manufacturing companies do not hesitate to take advantage of them.

Among the main benefits of kitting are:

1. It allows the relief of obligations.

The hiring of teams in charge of packaging parts or products is an action that allows the company to focus its attention on the most important issues.

2. Savings in internal personnel

Among other things, hiring a trained team in the kitting area is a more efficient strategy than training or hiring new personnel.

In this way, the companies that need the service are satisfied with the hiring of the service without the need to hire internal personnel.

3. Improves inventory turnover

One of the main advantages of the use of kitting in companies is the help it provides in improving inventory turnover.

Kitting allows the optimal use of inventory, since the kits integrate all the parts that make up the product.

4. Workflow standard

The work flow is constant and the results are optimal. Kitting teams are fast and efficient.

They are able to organize themselves according to the customer’s needs and it shows in the results. They guarantee one of the most important needs of the client, which is the fulfillment of the demand.

5. Reduction of shipping errors

One of the most notable advantages of using kitting is the reduction of shipping errors.

The team is organized in such a way that everyone has well defined activities and responsibilities. For this reason, assembly errors are greatly reduced.

This is how the advantages of kitting help in the assembly process and that is why the service is so requested by companies.

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Kitting, customization, packaging, packing, labeling, crating, heavy lift handling, palletizing, replacements, reverse logistics, product reconditioning and vendor inventory management are some of the value-added services that specialized logistics companies can provide as part of a comprehensive strategy.

Some of the advantages of contracting value-added services include expanding product offerings, preparing shelves for the sourcing process, ensuring continuous improvement, managing inventory more efficiently, reacting faster to demand, managing transportation expenses, and controlling labor costs.

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Kitting

As product life cycles become shorter and shorter, manufacturers and customers require more spares, replacements and new parts, leading to a greater need for warehousing. Kitting can help with this.

Kitting is a value-added service that involves bundling and assembling product parts or complete products into a single package. This process of combining two or more components is intended to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Through kitting, time is saved and order and processes are optimized. Employees do not need to search for parts or do pre-assembly work, so the operation is cleaner and faster; they receive the kits with the necessary components at each stage of the supply chain.

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Kitting improves speed and reduces overall costs because as kits are produced, assembly time and disruptions from individual production are reduced. These kits are generally assigned a separate SKU to the one that handles the separate items. Likewise, they are stored and tracked as a single unit.

Kitting is ideal especially when you want to assemble packages of identical or similar items – to which a discount or promotion, such as free shipping, can be applied – for example, books, CDs, DVDs, skin care products, makeup, board games, video games, toys, auto parts, papers and product samples.

Find out the latest news about kitting in the country in our blog Mexico is becoming an ally in a new strategic area: Kitting.

When a company outsources this value-added service to a 3PL, it gets several benefits:

It gets more space as employees have what they need when they need it. They are no longer surrounded by materials and components.

Eliminates wasted time by reducing the time employees spend looking for certain parts and components because they all come in the same kit.

Improves worker safety by reducing the number of parts in the work area.

• Reduces shipping errors and ensures continuous improvement because assembly becomes a filter.
• Facilitates inventory management and invoicing by knowing which parts are needed and which should be ordered.
• Improves productivity and reduces labor costs since the manufacturing process starts outside the plant.
• Improves box flow, customization and packaging.

Reduces the number of suppliers

When kitting is implemented, employees save time picking and packing individual orders, making it possible to customize a large number of kits at once and fulfill orders quickly. This translates into a positive and efficient experience that reduces costs for both the customer and manufacturers in industries such as pharmaceuticals, personal care and some manufacturing.

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To achieve these savings, many manufacturing companies are increasingly engaging the services of a 3PL or logistics operator, such as Solistica, for its knowledge, experience and technology that ensures the highest accuracy in package assembly and its other value-added services.

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Mexico Stategic ally, in general

What does it take from a country to be a commercial ally to another? First we have to seek in to their natural resources, these can come in many shapes and it is not always a good, it can also be their work force.

Mexican companies can provide others with a work force engaged not only with their own success but also their collective success through goals and purpose of building better solutions that help organizations grow.

But that not only stops there, you will also need government support to operate in their country and that is where free trade agreements come clutch. Mexico has at least 13 free trade agreements with other 50 countries, making Mexico Strategic Ally so valuable for other companies.

Where does the kitting solutions in Mexico play a role in this?

We have been talking a lot about the value of Mexico as an ally but what does this have to do with the kitting services in Mexico? Well you see, in order to have a kitting supplier you will need to either send them the components so they can assemble the products in Mexico and sell them or send the kits back to your warehouse in your operating countries.

That is where the free trade agreements help, with these agreements you will transport the goods in and out of the country with easiness. Maybe it’s not seen as a value at first, but once you start operating and needing these kits at your facilities or your client facilities, that’s where the real value of an ally is seen.

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