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lead time

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﹒The time between the initiation and completion of a production process.

﹒The latency between the initiation and execution of a process or the placement of an order and its delivery.

Examples

﹒The manufacturer reduced the lead time for custom orders by optimizing their supply chain.

﹒We need to account for a four-week lead time when planning the production schedule for the new product line.

﹒Longer lead times for raw materials have caused significant delays in our assembly process.

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