Just-in-time production

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Just-in-time production (JIT production) is demand-pull manufacturing system in which each component in a production line is produced as soon as, and only when, needed by the next step in the production line. Also called lean production.

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According to Cost Accounting by Horngren, Datar, Rajan (14th edition),

Just-in-time production (JIT production). Demand-pull manufacturing system in which each component in a production line is produced as soon as, and only when, needed by the next step in the production line. Also called lean production.