In Lean methodology, the Gemba walk is an in-person observation of where work is performed to search for value (and alternatively, waste). Use this exercise as part of your Gemba walk. Take a walk through your stockroom and look at how parts are organized. Components that require a bill of materials (BOM) are also a great candidate for a kit.
Think about the different products and components that are always used together that could be combined.
When parts are always used together, it takes extra time to track and store these components separately. Make a note of components that are hard to keep track of or are often forgotten. Use these steps to implement a kitting program that eliminates SKUs and streamlines your supply chain.īefore you can create a kit, you must identify areas of inefficiency in your organization. Kitting consolidates products and components so you always have the right inventory on hand at the right time. Or perhaps your workers get to a job site and frequently find that they’re missing equipment necessary to complete the job. Maybe you buy products in increments that, when joined with other components, don’t work out in a perfect mathematical conversion. Perhaps your organization buys product in bulk but has to spend time separating the bulk product into smaller batches. Like other Lean principles, the concept of kitting can be adapted to nearly any company in any industry. Trends in automation have also made kitting projects more efficient because labeling machinery requires less maintenance and oversight. The idea of kitting has existed in production facilities for many years, but it has recently been revitalized as more companies embrace Lean principles to streamline processes. Implementing a kitting program can ultimately move production towards being just-in-time (JIT). Kits simplify your supply chain by taking several SKUs and combining them into one kit with one SKU. A kit includes different parts and components that are always used together. Kitting is a material management strategy used to create pre-packaged and pre-labeled components, increasing efficiency and reducing time-consuming organization of assembly options. Can you imagine how difficult it will be to find the exact part you need, let alone to find that component quickly? A possible solution to organize your facility - and cut down on SKUs - is to implement a kitting program. Nothing is labeled and nothing is organized. Imagine a cluttered storeroom with scattered parts in mismatched bins.
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