just-in-time

adjective

1. Business.,  noting or pertaining to a method of inventory control that keeps inventories low by scheduling needed goods and equipment to arrive a short time before a production run begins. JIT

just-in-time

adjective

1. JIT. denoting or relating to an industrial method in which waste of resources is eliminated or reduced by producing production-line components, etc, as they are required, rather than holding large stocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of just in time¹

First recorded in 1610–20 as an adverb, and in 1975–80 as an adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see in the nick of time.