They are all the same thing, just 2 ways of saying it.
It is a process by which items are collated into kits, and then dispatched to a location or individual locations.. Essentially, parts and pieces are collated, packaged, and placed into a kit ahead of shipping.
For example, you sell cosmetics and want a summer kit for your customers to take to the beach. You put moisturise sunscreen, towel, suntan lotion, and a water bottle all in one package. All of these items are collated into packaging that fits your products perfectly. Then deliver the kits to your customers.
The picking from the distribution centre and assemble the various parts of a single SKU and put them together in a larger SKU sold as a single product.
Outsourcing your kitting and collation projects enable you to:
1. Focus on your core business. 3PL, kitting and Logistics should be efficient, but you shouldn’t focus on that as part of your business. You create fantastic products or devices for your customers.
2. Reduce overhead. Save money on storage space you can use for other things, like expanding your business.
3. Scalable workloads. When you have a busy period,, kitting and fulfillment companies like TheFullWorks can be fluid and quickly based on the influx of products.
4. Less Staff or Focussed staff. People are generally your biggest cost. Save time, resource and money by outsourcing your kitting, collation and fulfillment requirements.
5. Reduce mistakes. A professional kitting and fulfillment company can reduce collating and delivery mistakes because of our expertise and relationships with the couriers.
8 reasons why kitting & collation benefits your company
1. Streamlining your Process.
2. Removing steps in logistics.
3. Products to market faster.
4. Organises your inventory into fewer SKUs.
5. Creates a WOW factor for your products.
6. Popularises several products into one pack.
7. Boosts efficiency and productivity of your fulfillment process.
8. Saves you money and resource.
Yes we can source items to be kitted and collated, branded or unbranded, paper, product, apparel and packaging. We can supply cost effective solutions as well as high end brands such as Nike, Under Armour, Sony, Mont Blanc, Titleist, Patagonia and North Face, to name a few.
Our distribution centre accepts 100s of parcels every day. And once your order is placed we will advise you of key information to put on the delivery label. However as we know, it doesn’t always go to plan, so our highly skilled staff will ensure that your items are booked in and stored ready for the collation process.
