just-in-time
noun
often attributive
: a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
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California’s just-in-time Christmas gift — a pair of early-season storms that blanketed the Sierra Nevada — delivered a welcome boost to the state’s snowpack, though water managers Tuesday at Phillips Station found the first survey totals below where the snowpack stood a year ago.
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
With Fetch under its wing, Zebra integrated a series of AMRs to optimize picking in fulfillment and distribution centers and facilitate just-in-time material delivery in manufacturing sites.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Dec. 2025
Many workers, particularly in the just-in-time economy, work alone as well as live alone.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
With the just-in-time model, Rise & Fall is operating with agility.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
With Fetch under its wing, Zebra integrated a series of AMRs to optimize picking in fulfillment and distribution centers and facilitate just-in-time material delivery in manufacturing sites.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 Dec. 2025
Many workers, particularly in the just-in-time economy, work alone as well as live alone.
—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025
With the just-in-time model, Rise & Fall is operating with agility.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for just-in-time
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“Just-in-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just-in-time. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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