Is kitting a costly and space-hogging process? Automate.
In a broken case order fulfillment environment where SKUs are stored individually, picking speed and accuracy are often the measure of success. While ASRS can speed picking and integrated light directed technology can increase pick accuracy; kitting can improve both metrics even further.
When SKUs are stored together as a kit, based on manufacturing usage or a current retail promotion, they can be easily retrieved as a complete kit – reducing walk and search time for each individual SKU. Automated kitting can support just-in-time manufacturing efforts and speed order picking in a retail distribution environment.