just-in-timeadjective
uk/ˌdʒʌst.ɪnˈtaɪm/us/ˌdʒʌst.ɪnˈtaɪm/also JITA just-in-time system of manufacturing (= producing goods) is based on preventing waste by producing only the amount of goods needed at a particular time, and not paying to produce and store more goods than are needed.
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Industry & industrial processes
- carding
- compression moulding
- deindustrialization
- die cutting
- heavy industry
- industrialization
- industry-wide
- injection moulding
- light industry
- machine carding
- manufacture
- mining
- plastic
- prefabricated
- quality assurance
- quality control
- raw
- rustbelt
- sand-cast
- tertiary
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