Completely knocked-down manufacturing involves shipping products as flat-packed components rather than finished goods to save on freight volume and import tariffs. The receiving factory or assembly plant then puts the parts together to create the final vehicle, appliance, or machine. It requires highly accurate kitting at the origin plant to ensure no missing fasteners halt the destination assembly line.
We're shipping fifty CKD units to the Brazil plant next week so make sure the hardware bags are perfectly weighed.
Also heard as
- completely knocked-down
Related terms
Kitting
The process of gathering separate but related parts into a single package before delivering them to the assembly line.
Assembly line
A manufacturing setup where a product moves sequentially through workstations.
BoM
A bill of materials listing all the raw materials, sub-assemblies, and components needed to manufacture a final product.