turnaround time
Completion to delivery
Turnaround time is the period between submitting something and getting it back—a request, order, or job.
A lab's turnaround time for test results might be 48 hours.
In business, it measures efficiency: What's your turnaround time on repairs?
Often shortened to just turnaround: We need a faster turnaround on these orders.
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- same dayWithin this date
- next day deliveryShipped to arrive tomorrow
- waitingRemaining in expectation
processing · delivery · business days · efficiency · queue · rush · expedite · fast track · lag · clock is ticking · speed · cycle · workflow · work in progress · overnight · express · dispatch · throughput
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
- timingstopwatch, pause, early, countdown, late
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- hiking tipsleave no trace, hydration, layering, map reading, compass use
turnaround timestagnation
Absence of flow or progress
standstill · bottleneck · gridlock · limbo · backlog
turnaround timelead time
Interval before completion
wait time · queue time · setup time · dwell time · idle time
turnaround timeinstant delivery
Receipt without delay
real-time processing · instantaneous · on-the-spot · indefinite postponement · immediate gratification
turn, around, time, turnaround, turns, turned, turning, turner, turnover