Look up: lead-time

1. lead time
   The time between an order and a delivery.
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2. Lead time
   The length of time between the placement of an order for an inventory item and when the item is received in inventory.
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3. lead time
   noun the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process; `the lead times for many publications can vary tremendously`; `planning is a area where lead time can be reduced`
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4. Lead time
   The amount of time between when an action is initiated and when it is completed, and thus the amount of time before you want it to be done that you must initiate the action. In commerce, this often refers to how long before you want something to be delivered that you must order it, a time that is li...
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5. Lead time
   A lead time is the latency (delay) between the initiation and execution of a process. For example, the lead time between the placement of an order and delivery of a new car from a manufacturer may be anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. In industry, lead time reduction is an important part of lean ma...
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6. LEAD TIME
   The time it takes for a horse to travel from the start of the race to the beginning of the last mile (1609m). For instance, in a 1760m race, the lead time would be recorded during the first 151m (1760-1609). A slow lead time may advantage those horses at the front, while a fast lead time may advantage horses racing at the rear of the field.
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7. Lead time
   (i) The interval between placing an order and material being delivered. (ii) The interval between the decision to commission a new mine or plant and its coming on stream.
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8. lead-time
   the expected time required from the placing of an order for a plant to the commercial operation of the plant Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • a measure of the time which must elapse following one occurrence before a specified subsequent occurrence can take place. Category: Economics
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