How to Use just-in-time in a Sentence

just-in-time

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Definition of just-in-timenext
  • Indeed, the just-in-time eggs, which cut Google’s scrambled egg waste by 44% in its Bay Area kitchens, have already made their way elsewhere.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The pandemic revealed that global just-in-time supply chains weren't reliable.
    — Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Hourly workers instead face the challenge of not having enough hours, or following an unstable just-in-time schedule.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Conversely, is there a sufficient premium charged for such just-in-time service?
    — Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • When the just-in-time manufacturing model is applied to film and TV, teams don’t learn from each other, or develop the shorthand necessary to work faster.
    — Madeline Ashby, WIRED, 17 July 2023
  • This complex story — of just-in-time transformation and its national fallout — likely merits a book of its own.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With the rise of just-in-time logistics, an approach that minimizes inventory in favor of ordering new supplies only as old ones are used and sold, this is no longer the case.
    — John Gustavsson, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
  • But in the past two decades, Ducati has begun to increasingly rely on just-in-time production methods and robotic assistance for the human workers who still handle most of the build process.
    — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • What the data shows Helping more students graduate from nursing school by giving them just-in-time math help has a larger societal benefit.
    — Ellen Dennis, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The truth is that just-in-time production relies on specialization in manufacturing.
    — Benny Buller, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Quality remains paramount, epitomized by the just-in-time philosophy and emphasizing doing things right the first time.
    — Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This has to do with energy independence, but also very practical things—like, that the automotive industry needs just-in-time setups.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But more can and should be done, including just-in-time interventions when the algorithms detect problematic behavior.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
  • In addition, the global flow of goods was operating smoothly with most things on a just-in-time delivery schedule due to efficient economic globalization.
    — Sal Gilbertie, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Since the pandemic has eased, most manufacturers have returned to just-in-time inventories that mean limited supplies of parts and materials.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • These included Southwest’s quick turnaround, just-in-time, low-overhead operational culture and the inadequacy of its technological systems to manage if the schedule blew out at any seam.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Led by Patty, our team had reexamined the problem of insufficient vaccinations and found the root cause: The just-in-time approach to humanitarian donations and assistance wasn’t working.
    — Rajiv J. Shah, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The philosophy of flexibility and just-in-time labor management continues to move from industry to industry.
    — Lauren Hilgers, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Additionally, companies can face considerable supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution challenges in the effort to ensure just-in-time doses are available when and where they are needed.
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • These include Ramp, for obtaining virtual credit cards and expense tracking, Pando, for accessing just-in-time career development and feedback, and FigJam, for online collaboration.
    — Jeanne Meister, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • These include just-in-time contracts, which shift risk to workers; noncompete clauses, which reduce bargaining power; and freelance arrangements, which exempt businesses from providing employees with benefits such as health insurance.
    — Robin Varghese, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
  • For database administrators, a just-in-time protocol also significantly improves workflow.
    — Ben Herzberg, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023

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