Kitting & assembly refers to the order-specific assembling, packaging and preparation for dispatch of several individual items into a defined unit — from the sample pack to the stocked display to the campaign set with a bundled product gift. The difference from picking: picking assembles existing items for dispatch. Kitting & assembly creates a new item — with its own bill of materials, its own inventory and its own booking in the warehouse system.
Promotions rarely consist of individual items. On-packs, sample packs and stocked displays are created only through kitting & assembly — precisely on schedule, because campaign periods in retail are fixed. Whoever assembles sets manually and without bill-of-materials booking loses inventory accuracy: the set exists on the shelf, but not in the system.
| Activity | Task | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Picking | Select existing items for an order. | Pick two shirts and a mug from stock. |
| Kitting and assembly | Create a defined unit, in advance or for a specific order. | Combine a shirt, mug and insert into a campaign kit. |
| Co-packing | Pack or repack products under contract; overlaps with kitting. | Pack the campaign kit into the specified branded packaging. |
PROWERB performs kitting & assembly in two ways: as a value-added service within ongoing fulfillment, booked with accurate inventory records via bills of materials in its own WMS — and on the campaign line, with one to 15,000 assemblies per day at a changeover time under three hours.
For Erdinger, PROWERB assembles product gifts and delivers directly to retail and central warehouses of the grocery trade; for flaschenpost, product gifts and mixed-drink crates are created for distribution via central warehouses and hubs.
Kitting & assembly borders on several disciplines — in a project, they interlock.
The campaign line produces one to 15,000 assemblies per day — small and large orders run on the same line. The first step is a non-binding Needs Check completed in under 60 seconds; a dedicated contact then assesses whether your project fits.
The campaign line's changeover time is under three hours. That matters because campaign periods in retail are fixed — punctuality decides whether a promotion arrives at the point of sale.
Every set is booked via a bill of materials in its own WMS and is created as a new item with its own inventory — inventory-consistent, with real-time bookings in the ERP+WMS PROWERB CORE. Whoever assembles sets manually and without bill-of-materials booking loses inventory accuracy: the set exists on the shelf, but not in the system.
Picking assembles existing items for dispatch. Kitting & assembly creates a new item — with its own bill of materials, its own inventory and its own booking in the warehouse system.
Yes. For Erdinger, PROWERB assembles product gifts and delivers directly to retail and central warehouses of the grocery trade; for flaschenpost, product gifts and mixed-drink crates are created for distribution via central warehouses and hubs.
Yes, as a value-added service within ongoing fulfillment — booked with accurate inventory records via bills of materials in its own WMS, at the Kleve campus. A dedicated contact coordinates both.
