- Where to find a service provier?
- Who should I work with?
- What are the prices?
- How is it done?
China Kitting & Assembly Service Locations:
There are basically two places in China where you can find professional kitting and assembly service providers.
1. The Pearl River Delta (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Dongguan)
After decades of development, the pearl river delta is one of the most important productions areas in China, esp. for high tech manufacture like electronics, biochemicals, machineries and hardware. Products out of this area are considered to be of high quality in China.
Cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Dongguan… are the top manufacturing cities in China. for numerous industries.
A unique city is Dongguan, as it is between Shenzhen and Guangzhou, with close location to ports(air and sea), plus relatively cheaper costs than Shenzhen and Guangzhou, became the top 1 place in Southern China for logistics, warehousing and the related services like kitting and assembly.
2. The Yangtze River Delta (Ningbo, Shanghai, Yiwu)
Traditionally, Shanghai and Ningbo are among the most economical cities in China. The numerous factories and manufacturers in the area produced the most products in China, esp. for low cost daily consumables.
Yiwu, with its unique world largest wholesale market, became one of the leading trading places in Northern China. Its logistics and warehousing is well developed.
As Yiwu is also close to two of the world largest cargo ports(Ningbo port and Shanghai port), which makes it a popular place in Northern China for kitting and assembly service.
How to choose a right one to work with?
Generally speaking, you need to work with someone that can reduce your cost, save your time, ensure your quality, deliver in time, and also reduce the chance of your product to be copied. Typically there are two options for you.
1. Ask Your Main Product Supplier Kit for You:
Working with your main product supplier means they don’t need to ship your products somewhere else to kit, they just need to wait for some other products delivered to them to be assembled together; plus they don’t have to unpack their products then assemble with some other products. This will definitely save costs.
However, your product supplier may not have a mindset to kit or assemble for you, as many of them are specialized in producing their own products. They may also not have the facility, knowledge, and personnel for kitting. In many cases, in order to have your order, they may agree to do for you, but they might be over tried to do this. As a result, you may experience poor quality and postponed delivery.
One more concern of working with your main product supplier for kitting is, they may not respect your design very well. Afterall, kitting is to different from competitors. You may find your kitting designs are available on market not long after you lunch your own kits.
2. Hire A Professional Kitting and Assembly Service Provider Pack for You:
Hiring a 3p kitting and assembly may cost more money, but you can benefit from their expertise, knowledge and experience. It may end up with less costs in the end.
A kitting and assembly business is usually related to logistics services like warehousing and shipping. They may also offer inspection for all components and finished product to ensure quality. Some is even able to source products for you. These are all value added services which may help with saving the overall costs and time.
3p kitting and assemble service is extremely helpful for complicated kits with lots of parts, and small quantity kits like only 50 sets.
How Much Does It Cost for Kitting and Assembly in China?
There are normally 2 types of prices for kitting and assembly service: charge by time (hourly rate), and charge by units (rates per kit).
1. Hourly Price
Because different kitting projects are so much different from each other, most of the service providers only offer hourly rate as benchmark.
You need to talk with them to let them understand your project, then they can work out the total time, then total cost for you.
Hourly rate is usually from 5 to 10 USD/hour, up to different projects and different service providers.
2. Unit Price
Unit price is usually offered after the service providers understand your workload and they are confident they are not way too off.
The advantage of offering pricing by unit is, it is easy for the buyer to set up pricing and decide if it is profitable for making a kitting. The disadvantage is it may end up with a very high or a very low price, neither of which can benefit the business for a long term. So it is advisable to set up a unit price to start with, then renew it after a few runs.
It can cost from 0.15 USD to 0.50 USD for making a kit, depend on the total workload and total quantity. Below is a chart offered by one of the kitting service providers in China:
How Product Kitting And Assembly Is Done in China?
Firstly, you need to contact someone to see if they can do the job for you;
Then, you provide detailed requirements and agree on a price;
Then, you get products sent in;
Then, different products and packing materials are collected, inspected then kitted;
Finally, the finished kits are inspected and shipped.
Conclusion:
All right, that’s some brief knowledge about kitting and assembly service in China. We hope it helps. Feel free to contact us if you want to know more.
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