just-in-time system

  • 1just-in-time system — ➔ system …

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  • 2just-in-time system — (JIT) This is a system of related production practices which aim to deliver the exact quantity and quality of raw materials, parts, and sub assemblies ‘just in time’ for the next stage of production . Originally associated with Japanese firms,… …

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  • 3just-in-time system — A system of production where components are delivered as they are required rather than keeping them in store …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 4Just-in-time (business) — Just in time (JIT) is an inventory strategy implemented to improve the return on investment of a business by reducing in process inventory and its associated carrying costs. In order to achieve JIT the process must have signals of what is going… …

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  • 5just-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… …

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  • 6just-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

  • 7just-in-time — /dʒʌst ɪn ˈtaɪm/ (say just in tuym) adjective of or relating to a system of manufacturing in which materials are supplied just before they are needed in the manufacturing process, rather than being held in storage: *Over the past two years, car… …

  • 8just 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 …

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  • 9Just-in-time-Produktion — (kurz: just in time, JIT) oder auch bedarfssynchrone Produktion bezeichnet eine Produktionsstrategie, die als Ziel die Schaffung durchgängiger Material und Informationsflüsse entlang der Lieferkette (engl. Supply Chain) verfolgt und zur… …

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  • 10Just-in-time-Fertigung — Just in time Fertigung,   Just in time Produktion [dʒʌst ɪn taɪm ; englisch just in time »gerade rechtzeitig«], Organisationsprinzip der Produktion und der Materialwirtschaft eines Unternehmens, mit dem versucht wird, durch Standardisierung der… …

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