aka contract packaging. The physical task of collecting and assembling materials that serve as components of an assembled presentation, product or package.
and Kitting Area: An area in which a kit of parts is to be assembled prior to the commencement of a production job. In unruly and less than brilliantly managed factories, it has been known for kits to be "robbed" - ie for material in kits to be removed surreptitiously by operators wanting those parts for other jobs. If stock records are 100% correct, physical kitting is unnecessary ... kits (if necessary at all) can be assembled "on the computer" by moving the stock into a special category of the stock record (ie into "allocated status"). Although kitting is often held to be synonymous with the terms staging and hauling, staging at least is perhaps more associated with assembling material in preparation for its despatch.
a process in which assemblers are supplied with kits--a box of parts, fittings and tools--for each task they perform. This eliminates time-consuming trips from one parts bin, tool crib or supply center to another to get the necessary material.