Re: MANUFACTURING SOFTWARE

Robert Latest wrote:

Joerg wrote:


My clients pretty much all do it the same way. No kitting. They send the whole set of parts over, boards get stuffed and the balance of parts comes back with the stuffed boards.


I thought kitting meant just that -- sending in all parts and getting the assembled boards back? Or did I miss a pun?


In the US it usually means kitting with the exact number of parts needed. I don't think that is efficient. So, in a production environment I prefer handing the folks there some authority to pull what they think they'll need. In the case of the ultrasound systems that allowed them to keep spares in case something broke off, or pull less than required for the whole month so more shop space remained available. One requirement in medical is training in stock keeping because they could also return stuff that wasn't needed back to the stock room.

With the circuit boards we just sent the whole stock of parts. Labor cost for kitting: Zilch. Time delay due to kitting: Zilch.

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