As a division of AFC Industries, Irwin Industrial can now offer an extended range of value-added services.

Outsource the manufacture of kitting and assembling, and you streamline your internal operations for a more efficient process and significant cost savings. Our kitting and assembly capabilities include standard or custom components, instruction sheets and custom labeling designed to your exact specifications. Finished kits are available for both on-demand fulfillment and as in-house stock inventory.

Whether your goal is to increase your inventory turns, reduce your space requirements, increase your productivity—or all the above—we can help get you there with value-added services beyond our standard products and inventory management solutions.

Kitting & Assembly

We manufacture kits and light assemblies that include standard and custom components, instruction sheets, and custom labeling to simplify your internal processes and reduce your overall costs. We include material supplied by you and/or sourced entirely by Irwin/AFC.

The Benefits of Kitting

• Finished kits are shipped from stock, reducing inventory and lead time
• Internal work orders for picking, staging and coordinating kitting work are eliminated
• Floor space is freed up, material handling is reduced, and workflow is improved
• Significant cost and inventory reductions are achieved

 

Kitting Specs

Our product specialists will ask you for several pieces of information in order to give you an accurate and optimal price for your kitting needs:

• The overall number of items required in each kit
• The type of items, for instance, fasteners and non-fasteners
• The number of pieces of each type of item in each kit
• The type of packaging for each item, for instance, plastic bags and boxes
• The type of packaging used for the master pack
• Any custom labeling required on either the individual or overall packaging
• Your storage requirements
• Lead times

 

Special Labeling for Kitting

 We’ll work with you to define and deliver on the precise labeling needs for your kits. We have extensive experience in this field and will ensure that all items contain special labeling, including item name, number and quantity, wherever necessary.

Outsourced Assembly

Sometimes, it makes more sense for your supply chain to procure an item that’s already been assembled. You purchase just one final part, rather than several components that you’d have to assemble yourself, using valuable space, time and resources.

Outsourcing assembly of select parts solves several problems.

• It eliminates work orders for picking, staging and coordinating the various parts of assembly work.
• It reduces your inventory because items ship from stock availability on the final assembly.
• It eliminates bottlenecks.
• It reduces your lead times.

 

All of these things lead to reduced inventory and cost savings in your manufacturing facility.

 

We provide the expertise and national and international partnerships to transition you to an external assembly process. We’ll assess factors that will impact your assembly—from basic specification and requirements to material costs and long-term reliability—to make your transition to external assembly a true value-add.

 

Custom Packaging

Get accurate counts at low costs with our high-speed bagging equipment. Each bag can be labelled with custom information, saving you time, and simplifying your supply chain.  Need a product packaged and ready to send to your end customer as a service item or product of your final assembly? We custom-package your products with your logo, part number, barcode, and other information needed for end-customer sales.

 

The Value-Add of Custom Hardware & Fastener Packaging

Packaging is often an afterthought, but with so many variables and customization options, it’s an important factor in your manufacturing. With access to high-tech, high-speed bagging equipment, we can provide accurate packaging counts at the lowest costs, with options such as:

• Custom information printed on each bag with inline printers
• Private labeling with your logo, barcode or installation instructions
• Military packaging
• Special package sizes to accommodate your Kanban or vendor managed inventory (VMI) program
• Sustainable packaging
• Pre- and post-assembly packaging
• Multipack options

 

Packaging requires a surprising level of technical design capability across different types of industries. We work with suppliers that have decades of experience creating custom packaging within the manufacturing industry. We’ll help you customize and manufacture your packaging.