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Just in Time

Receiving stock only as it is needed, holding inventory near zero.

Area
Inventory
Abbreviation
JIT
Also known as
JIT, lean inventory
In this area
44 terms of 257

Just in time synchronises supply with consumption so material arrives shortly before it is used rather than sitting in stock. It reduces working capital, storage and obsolescence simultaneously.

It also removes the buffer that absorbs disruption. JIT works where supply is reliable and lead times are short and honest; where they are not, it converts a supplier delay directly into a stoppage.

Just in Time is not just a definition here

Inventory runs on this vocabulary every day in AWRA OpsHub — 44 of our 257 glossary terms describe things the platform actually does.