If you manage low-voltage, security, A/V, or structured cabling projects, you know the real costsaren’t just in materials. They’re in purchase order complexity, waiting on deliveries, staging parts, running to the store for forgotten items, and reconciling invoices. SmartKITS from Windy City Wire are built to eliminate those soft costs and keep your crews focused on installation—not administration.

What are SmartKITS?

SmartKITS is our project kitting service that assembles all the materials you need—cable, connectivity, hardware, accessories, and consumables—into job-ready kits aligned to your scope. We package and label by phase, floor, zone, or system, then deliver on your schedule so your team has exactly what they need, where and when they need it.

How SmartKITS simplify your workflow

1. One project. One PO. One invoice.
   1. Consolidated purchasing: Replace multiple vendor orders with a single PO to Windy City Wire.
   2. Simplified approvals: Cut the back-and-forth of multiple bids and approvals across categories.
   3. Cleaner accounting: Fewer invoices to process and reconcile; clear tie-back to job and phase.
   4. Fewer change order headaches: When scope shifts, your WCW project team adjusts the kit—with one updated document trail.
2. Less time tracking deliveries. More time installing.
   1. Fewer shipments to monitor: Instead of juggling tracking numbers from multiple sources, you get coordinated deliveries from a single partner.
   2. Phased, just-in-time delivery: We stage and split kits by project phase so materials arrive right before crews need them—reducing clutter and guarding against loss or damage.
   3. Clear labeling and packing lists: Every kit is labeled by area or system with itemized contents, so receiving, staging, and issuing materials is fast and accurate.
   4. Proactive communication: Your rep keeps you updated on status and substitutions before they impact the schedule.
3. No more last-minute store runs
   1. Complete, job-ready kits: We include the often-forgotten items—terminations, fasteners, labeling supplies, and consumables—so crews don’t get stuck.
   2. Right quantities for your scope: We build kits against your BOM and add reasonable overage where it makes sense to avoid shortages that stall work.
   3. Standardization across sites: For multi-site rollouts, standardized kits create repeatable, predictable installs and eliminate site-to-site variance.
   4. Fewer interruptions: With materials on hand, techs stay on task, productivity climbs, and rework drops.
      

Where you’ll see time and cost savings

• Project management: One PO, fewer status calls, and less expediting can reclaim hours every week.
• Procurement: Reduced vendor setups, quotes, and order entries lower administrative overhead.
• Warehouse/receiving: Fewer deliveries, faster check-in, and pre-labeled kits streamline staging.
• Field operations: Crews start faster each morning with everything at the work area; fewer idle hours.
• Accounting: One invoice per phase simplifies job costing and closeout.

Example impact (typical for mid-size jobs)

• 30–50% reduction in purchasing touches by consolidating to a single PO.
• 20–30% fewer delivery events to receive and stage via phased kitting.
• 1–2 fewer unplanned store runs per crew per week because kits include the “little things.”
• 8–12 labor hours saved per week across PM, warehouse, and field teams on a 6–10 week project. Actual results vary by scope, but the pattern is consistent: fewer interruptions, tighter control, and smoother installs.

How SmartKITS work

• Share your scope: Send us your BOM, drawings, and schedule. If you don’t have a full BOM, we’ll help you build one.
• Align to your phases: We map materials to floors, rooms, and systems, then plan deliveries to match your sequence.
• Build and verify: Our team assembles the kits, quality checks quantities and alternates, and labels each carton with location and contents.
• Deliver when you need it: We coordinate just-in-time shipments to your jobsite, warehouse, or multiple sites as required.
• Adapt as you go: Need an add, delete, or substitution? We update the kit and documentation quickly, keeping the project moving.

Why pair SmartKITS with Windy City Wire

• Purpose-built for low-voltage: We understand the details that stall projects—labeling, terminations, test gear, and site-ready packaging.
• Smarter cable, smarter installs: When you use Windy City Wire cable alongside SmartKITS, you get cable designed for easier pulling, identifying, and managing—further reducing install time.
• National reach, local support: With inventory depth and an experienced team, we scale from single jobs to nationwide rollouts.
• Dedicated project team: One point of contact from kickoff to closeout keeps communication tight and accountable.
• Quality and accuracy: Every kit is verified against your BOM and phase plan to minimize shortages and delays.
  

Use cases where SmartKITS shine

• New construction with multi-floor sequencing where phased delivery prevents congestion.
• Tenant improvements with aggressive timelines and limited staging space.
• Multi-site retail, healthcare, and QSR rollouts where repeatable kits enable predictable installs.
• Security and access control upgrades with many identical door or camera locations.
• Data and WAP expansions where standardized kits reduce configuration variance.

What customers tell us after switching to SmartKITS

• “Our PMs spend less time chasing materials and more time running the job.”
• “Receiving is faster, and we don’t lose parts in the chaos.”
• “Crews finish areas in one pass instead of stopping for missing items.”
• “Closeout is cleaner because our paperwork matches how we installed.”

Getting started

If you’re ready to eliminate purchasing complexity, reduce delivery chaos, and keep your teams out of the store and on the job, SmartKITS can help.

• Send us your BOM and timeline, and we’ll propose a kitting plan and delivery schedule.
• Prefer to test it first? Start with a single phase or a pilot site and compare the results.
  

Learn more about SmartKITS

Contact your Windy City Wire representative or visit windycitywire.com to get started. We’re ready to help you simplify your next project—from the PO to the punch list.