Kitting

Kitting is the process of assembling child items to create a parent item or a kit. The ratio of child items required to create a parent item is called pre-pack ratio and pre-defined in WMS. De-Kitting is the process of dis-assembling parent items or kits into child items. In order to assemble or dis-assemble parent items, Work Orders are required. The assembly or dis-assembly of parent items takes place in assembly locations.

There are two types of kitting flows in WMS - Make To Stock and Make To Order.

Make to Stock – The main objective of Make to Stock flow is that, the parent items or kits are assembled beforehand and putaway to stock in anticipation of future Outbound Order for the parent items. In this flow, a Work Order is either interfaced into WMS or created from Work Order view. After parent items are assembled using this Work Order, WMS prompts you to pack the parent items into Inbound LPNs. The Inbound LPNs are then putaway to stock (reserve locations). These parent items can be picked later against outbound orders, packed, loaded and shipped out like any regular item.

Make to Order – The main objective of Make to Order flow is for the parent items or kits to be shipped out based on the Outbound Order sent to the facility. In this flow, a Work Order is automatically created in WMS when an Outbound Order with a specific Order Type is interfaced into WMS. The Work Order has a reference to the Outbound Order. So when the parent items are assembled using this Work Order, Oracle WMS Cloud prompts you to pack the assembled parent items directly into Outbound LPNs against the Outbound Order. The OBLPNs can then be loaded and shipped out like any other OBLPN.