Subject guide
Kitting automation
Count the right components into the right bag.
Automated kitting combines a component identity task with a packaging task. A bagger can close a bag without proving its contents match the client’s bill of materials. Define how each component reaches the bag, how counts are established and how exceptions are removed or reconciled.
Build a trial around realistic component variation and the handoff between counting and bagging. Include replenishment, stops and rejected bags. A total mass check can help detect an error, but a mixed kit needs a way to address wrong-part and missing-part substitutions as well.
Build the batch handoff
Use the contract-kitting guide to prepare a component-to-feeder matrix and a reconciliation record. Preserve kit revision, component lots and reject disposition so the next operator receives a traceable batch.
| Record | Prepare | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Before bagging | Bill of materials, component identity and required quantity | Defines what a correct kit contains |
| After bagging | Accepted bags, rejects, returns and lot records | Closes the batch without assuming every sealed bag is correct |
Choose a working record
Use Automated contract kitting: feeding, counting and bagging to map kit components to feeding and counting methods, then reconcile accepted bags, rejects and batch handoffs against the client BOM.