just in time

just in time
just in time UK US adjective [only before noun] (ABBREVIATION JIT) PRODUCTION, MANAGEMENT
relating to a manufacturing system in which parts and materials are delivered when they are needed, rather than before. Just-in-time systems reduce the cost of storing parts and materials and reduce waste: »

Selling direct to customers means the company can buy components on a just-in-time basis.

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a just-in-time delivery/inventory system

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just-in-time manufacturing/production

Compare TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM(Cf. ↑Toyota Production System)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • just-in-time — ˌjust in ˈtime written abbreviation JIT adjective [only before a noun] MANUFACTURING if goods are produced or bought using a just in time system, they are produced or bought just before they are needed, reducing the cost to the firm of keeping… …   Financial and business terms

  • Just In Time — could refer to the following: * Just In Time (business), an inventory strategy that reduces in process inventory * Just in time compilation, a technique for improving the performance of bytecode compiled programming systems * Just in Time, a 1956 …   Wikipedia

  • just in time — 〈[dʒʌst ın taım] Abk.: JIT〉 punkt , termingenau, (gerade) rechtzeitig [engl.] * * * just in time [ʤʌst ɪn taɪm ] <Wirtsch.> [engl. = gerade (noch) rechtzeitig]: zeitlich aufeinander abgestimmt, gleichzeitig. * * * just in time [dʒʌst ɪn… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • just-in-time — adj [only before noun] technical if goods are produced or bought using a just in time system, they are produced or bought just before they are needed so that the company does not have to store things for a long time ▪ just in time manufacturing… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • just in time — See: IN TIME …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • just in time — See: IN TIME …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • just-in-time — just in ,time adjective BUSINESS bought, sent, or produced at the last possible time: a just in time production system …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • just in time — just in ti·me loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS industr. sistema di produzione industriale con rifornimento immediato di pezzi all unità di montaggio, senza creazione di grosse scorte di magazzino {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1992. ETIMO: ingl …   Dizionario italiano

  • just in time — 〈 [dʒʌ̣st ın taım] Abk.: JIT 〉 punkt , termingenau, (gerade) rechtzeitig [Etym.: engl.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • just in time — [dʒʌst in taim] <engl. ; »gerade zur Zeit, rechtzeitig«> zeitlich aufeinander abgestimmt, gleichzeitig …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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