just-in-time
Arriving without spare
Just-in-time describes a system where materials or components arrive exactly when needed rather than being stockpiled in advance.
The term comes from manufacturing, where just-in-time delivery reduces inventory costs and waste.
It extends to any last-minute preparation: just-in-time learning means acquiring skills immediately before you need them.
Often abbreviated JIT.
Lacking fat; incline
- ToyotaJapanese car company
- productionMaking or generating something
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
flow · synchronization · kaizen · streamlining · optimization · automation · logistics · procurement
Lacking fat; incline
- overheadLocated directly above
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
- budgetPlan for spending
streamline · capital · storage · cash-flow · efficiency · optimization · stockless
Gathered works assembled together
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- runtimeProgram execution duration
- bytecodeCompiled platform-neutral instructions
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
optimization · execution · Java · dynamic · performance · memory · caching
Assigning times to events
- promptIncite to action
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- expediteSpeed up a process
immediate · instantaneous · precise · coordination · dispatch · fulfillment · shipping · arrival
lean
Lacking fat; incline
- ToyotaJapanese car company
- productionMaking or generating something
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
supply-chain · flow · synchronization · kaizen · streamlining · optimization · automation · logistics · procurement · replenishment
lean
Lacking fat; incline
- overheadLocated directly above
- savingsAccumulated money kept
- economicalUsing resources sparingly
budget · streamline · capital · storage · cash-flow · efficiency · optimization · stockless
compilation
Gathered works assembled together
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- runtimeProgram execution duration
- bytecodeCompiled platform-neutral instructions
interpreter · optimization · execution · Java · dynamic · performance · memory · caching
scheduling
Assigning times to events
- promptIncite to action
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
expedite · immediate · instantaneous · precise · coordination · dispatch · fulfillment · shipping · arrival · turnaround
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- supply chainsupply, supplier, delivering, suppliers, vendor
- cost cuttingcost cutting, budgeting, cost reduction, budget, budget cuts
- industrial managementassembly line, mass production, factory floor, production line, division of labor
just-in-timejust-in-case
As a precaution
stockpiling · batch production · warehousing · bulk purchasing · mass production
just-in-timestockpiled
Accumulated reserve supplies
preemptive · early · buffered · precautionary · ahead of schedule
time, just, justice, adjust, times, timer, justify, unjust, timely