just-in-time
noun
often attributive
: a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
Examples of just-in-time in a Sentence
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But more can and should be done, including just-in-time interventions when the algorithms detect problematic behavior.
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Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 20 June 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
Further Reading Why a GameCube/Wii emulator may not be possible on the iOS App Store
The biggest one is that emulators on Apple's platforms can’t use just-in-time (JIT) code compilation, needed for 3D console emulators like Dolphin.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
The pandemic revealed that global just-in-time supply chains weren't reliable.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
When offered as just-in-time tools within popular social media platforms like Tumblr and Discord, these programs reduce near-term ratings of hopelessness and self-hate and increase desires to stop self-harming, with effects considered large within the scientific community.
—Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
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
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
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
Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 20 June 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
Further Reading Why a GameCube/Wii emulator may not be possible on the iOS App Store
The biggest one is that emulators on Apple's platforms can’t use just-in-time (JIT) code compilation, needed for 3D console emulators like Dolphin.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
The pandemic revealed that global just-in-time supply chains weren't reliable.
—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
When offered as just-in-time tools within popular social media platforms like Tumblr and Discord, these programs reduce near-term ratings of hopelessness and self-hate and increase desires to stop self-harming, with effects considered large within the scientific community.
—Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
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
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
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
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