Gibber-gabber
Custom Kitting for Industry Specific Items
Jackson 2008-09-30 14:29:48 UTC

Kitting has been used in many industries:

The military has used kitting as a form of protection. Foreign Object Damage (FOD) comes in many forms, and is a primary contributor to misplaced and unaccounted for tools. With FOD resulting in loss of life and millions of dollars of damage and downtime yearly, an effective Tool Control Program is a necessity for Military and Civilian Aerospace and flight line operations. Accounting for every tool is not a luxury, it is vital to running a safe and cost efficient flight line operation.

Medical companies have followed this trend of kitting. Companies like PHS (Professional Hospital Supplies) started kitting standard stock items into specific kits for medical procedures. This process allows you receive a custom designed delivery program which minimizes returns, streamlines product flow, reduces inventory and reduces nurse set-up time.

Airline industry uses kits in the manufactuing process. Workers report to the tool cribs to receive work orders and receive a kit that has all the tools needed to complete that given task. This process eliminates countless trips for tools, makes the workers more efficient with time and helps prevent tools loss as they can only check in complete kits.

There are many different types and kinds of kits: first aide, survival, earthquake kits…..

If you have any ideas for kits or kitting please let us know.