I used to do this more, but now I don't do runs as much as made to order. I used to just set all the boards out I wanted and then populate them by value, so every 10k resistor goes into every board, every 100k, etc. Then I soldered the resistors/diodes as a batch, then sockets, then short caps, then transistors and tall caps, soldering after each group of components. Each board then goes to its box to be finished one at a time, connecting daughterboards, soldering on switches, pots, etc. I didn't have wires when I did batches of pedals as my designs were hard connected, but I'd have done all the wires at once outside the enclosure with my pre stripped ones from LMS if I were to do them now with how my current designs build up.
