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.
Abbreviation: JIT.
British Dictionary definitions for just-in-time
just-in-time
adjective
1.
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 JIT