just-in-time


adjective

Business. noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. Abbreviation: JIT

British Dictionary definitions for just in time

just-in-time

adjective

denoting or relating to an industrial method in which waste of resources is eliminated or reduced by producing production-line components, etc, as they are required, rather than holding large stocks Abbreviation: JIT

Idioms and Phrases with just in time

just in time

see in the nick of time.