Kitting Concept in Engineering Industry.

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A
PRESENTATION
ON
Introduction To Kitting System in Engineering
Industry.
Presented
By
Gohil Jay Ashvinbhai

2. Contents
Concept of Kit.
Some Benefits of Kitting Concept.
Past – Present
Literature Review.
Conclusion from Literature Review.
References.
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3. CONCEPT OF KIT
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 It is a complete set of items
required to produce one
subassembly issued to shop as
complete basket.
This concept was benchmarked
from one of Japanese collaborators
and developed further.

4. Some Benefits of Kitting Concept
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No Mismatch
No Hold Up in Production
No Counting
Build in inventory Control leading
to reduce RM
Storage Space and Wastage
Reduction

5. PAST – PRESENT
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Previously kitting was
done by stores on daily
basis.
Now Complete Kits are
supplied by few vendors
directly to the assembly
line on daily basis.

6. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Authors
(Year)
Paper Name Journal/
Conferences
1. Robin Hanson, Lars Medbo
(2010)
Kitting and time
efficiency in manual
assembly
International
Journal of
Production
Research

7. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Works
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Researcher Studied four case study of automobile assembly
in which part presented in kitting is compared with the part
presented in component rack. Researcher finds that when
deciding which parts to be kitted , attention should be paid
how and in what order assembly operation are performed.

8. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Proportion
of kitted
Parts
Avg no. of
parts fetched
from
component
racks each
assem. cyc.
Average no.
of
visits to
component
racks
Average
fetching time
per part –
total
Average
fetching time
per part
from
kit
Average
fetching
time per part
from
component
racks
CS
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KIT 100 % 0 0 2.81s 2.81s n/a
N.K 0% 3.3 1.9 7.55s n/a 7.55s
CS
2
KIT 50% 3 1 1.86s 1.46s 2.26s
N.K 0% 9 7 3.29s n/a 3.29s
CS
3
KIT 22% 7 3 3.14s 1.14s 3.71s
N.K 0% 10 3 3.07s n/a 3.07s
CS
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KIT 10% 9 4 2.19s 0.99s 2.32s
N.K 0% 7 4 2.35s n/a 2.35s
*AVG from 15 assembly stations.

9. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Conclusion
1.
In the cases studied, the fetching times were considerably
shorter for parts presented in kits compared to parts
presented in component racks. It is clear that the time spent
fetching parts is greatly affected by the walking distance of
the assembler, which, in turn, is closely related to the
number of visits to the component racks.

10. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Authors
(Year)
Paper Name Journal/
Conferences
2. A F H Fansuri,
A N M Rose,
N M Z Nic Mohamed,
H Ahmad.
(2017)
The challenges of
lean manufacturing
implementation in
kitting assembly
4th International
Conference on
Mechanical
Engineering
Research
(ICMER2017)

11. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Works
2. Researches objective for this paper was implementation of lean
manufacturing in kitting assembly. With a proper understanding on what
to kit, where to kit, how to kit, why to kit and who kits the material with a
standardised process flow for ensure the success of kitting.
Kitting concept may be implemented successfully if the companies have
taken into consideration on the following factors
1. Products quality and line assembly support
2. Man-hour consumption.
3. The flexibility in product changeover
4. Inventory volumes and space requirement

12. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Works (CASE STUDY)
2. This method could give advantages to the Toyota such as;
 The elimination of non-value-added activities such as walking distance
from assembly station to flow racks to pick materials. This could increase
operator’s concentration in installing parts. Thus, increase the value-
added time for assembly operator.
 Reduce space occupancy in production area and creates clean work
areas with better control.
 Provides leaner and easier training for assembly operator as the job
scope for the operators is narrowed down.

13. LITERATURE REVIEW
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Sr . Conclusion
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Kitting may be beneficial if the implementation is done
correctly. Common problem in kitting or material feeding is
when the synchronisation in material purchasing and supply
chains is not in equal. It might cause part shortage thus
halted production assembly.

14. REFERENCES
1. Robin Hanson, Lars Medbo, “Kitting and time
efficiency in manual assembly”, International Journal of
Production Research .24-11-2010, pp.1-22.
2. A F H Fansuri, A N M Rose, N M Z Nic Mohamed, H
Ahmad “The challenges of lean manufacturing
implementation in kitting assembly”, 4th International
Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research , IOP
Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 257
(2017) 012069.
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15. Thank you
Have good day
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