just-in-time
noun
often attributive
: a manufacturing strategy wherein parts are produced or delivered only as needed
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Microsoft says Solara is being designed around a concept called just-in-time UI.
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ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Payloads can be regenerated just-in-time for a specific target, and code that appears once may never appear again.
—Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Fresh beef requires a strict just-in-time delivery system that leaves no margin for delay.
—Pete Suerken, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Shippers, energy producers, and the governments of the Gulf petrostates are planning to recalibrate by holding excess supplies in case of shocks rather than squeezing efficiencies from just-in-time supply chains.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
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ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Payloads can be regenerated just-in-time for a specific target, and code that appears once may never appear again.
—Ken Ammon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Fresh beef requires a strict just-in-time delivery system that leaves no margin for delay.
—Pete Suerken, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Shippers, energy producers, and the governments of the Gulf petrostates are planning to recalibrate by holding excess supplies in case of shocks rather than squeezing efficiencies from just-in-time supply chains.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
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