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Meaning of "lead time" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEAD TIME

lead time  [liːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEAD TIME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lead time is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEAD TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lead time

Lead time

A lead time is the latency between the initiation and execution of a process. For example, the lead time between the placement of an order and delivery of a new car from a manufacturer may be anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. In industry, lead time reduction is an important part of lean manufacturing.

Definition of lead time in the English dictionary

The definition of lead time in the dictionary is the time between the design of a product and its production. Other definition of lead time is the time from the placing of an order to the delivery of the goods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEAD TIME


agreed
əˈɡriːd
bastide
bæsˈtiːd
breed
briːd
creed
kriːd
exceed
ɪkˈsiːd
feed
fiːd
guaranteed
ˌɡærənˈtiːd
indeed
ɪnˈdiːd
invalid
ˈɪnvəˌliːd
lead
liːd
need
niːd
proceed
prəˈsiːd
read
riːd
rede
riːd
reed
riːd
Reid
riːd
seed
siːd
speed
spiːd
succeed
səkˈsiːd
we´d
wiːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEAD TIME

lead on
lead oxide
lead paint
lead pencil
lead pipe
lead piping
lead poisoning
lead replacement petrol
lead screw
lead shot
lead singer
lead someone a dance
lead someone by the nose
lead story
lead tetraethyl
lead the field
lead the way
lead to the altar
lead up to
lead weight

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEAD TIME

ahead of time
all the time
at one time
at the same time
big time
from time to time
full time
in good time
in no time
in the fullness of time
in the nick of time
in time
local time
on time
once upon a time
opening time
real time
short time
summer time
the big time
time

Synonyms and antonyms of lead time in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lead time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEAD TIME

Find out the translation of lead time to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lead time from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lead time» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

交货时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiempo de espera
570 millions of speakers

English

lead time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समय सीमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المهلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

время выполнения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tempo de espera
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সীসা সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délai de mise en œuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masa memimpin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorlaufzeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リードタイム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리드 타임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wektu timbal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian dẫn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னணி நேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आघाडी वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

teslim süresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tempi di consegna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czas realizacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

час виконання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timp de plumb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρόνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lei tyd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ledtid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ledetid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lead time

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAD TIME»

The term «lead time» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.112 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAD TIME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lead time

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2 QUOTES WITH «LEAD TIME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lead time.
1
Jonathan Nolan
I'm a big gamer. I know the lead time and how long it takes to develop a game and how hard it is to get it right.
2
Vernor Vinge
When I began writing science fiction in the middle '60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAD TIME»

Discover the use of lead time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lead time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to ...
Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) is an expansion of time-based competition and is aimed at a single target reducing lead times.
Rajan Suri, 1998
2
Lead Time: A Journalist's Education
In a collection of essays penned between 1968 and 1982, a journalist covers a wide range of topics, from the Memphis garbage strike to Martin Luther King's funeral and a night spent in jail with anti-war protesters. Reprint.
Garry Wills, 2004
3
Reducing Value Stream Lead Time: A Two-phase Analysis of the ...
Reducing the lead-time of value streams through the implementation of lean methodologies can be seen as an imperative for manufacturers to meet their competitive, customer, and investor requirements for the long term.
Matthew K. Keogh, 2006
4
Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, Chapter 4 - ...
Neatly condensed into a 10 step process, this book teaches you how to apply the tenets of lean operations (from the Toyota Production System) and Six Sigma management principles to supply chain management.
James Martin, 2006
5
Dynamic Price and Lead Time Quotation Strategies
These problems are formulated as Markov Decision Processes with an objective of maximizing the total discounted expected profit in the infinite horizon.
Ozgun B. Bekki, 2008
6
Re-engineering for Time-based Competition: Benchmarks and ...
Selecting the appropriate lead time to reduce is important because resources must be spent to achieve reductions and because all lead time reductions are not equally beneficial. Lead times appropriate for reduction depend on the following  ...
Robert B. Handfield, 1995
7
Optimal Inventory Modeling of Systems: Multi-Echelon Techniques
Let the average demand over the lead time be denoted as where in this case the lead time equals the repair time. Then the traditional policy has been to buy enough spares to cover the lead time demand plus some safety level to protect ...
Craig C. Sherbrooke, 2004
8
Key-Part Based Lead Time Management for the Make-to-Order ...
Finally, the total inventory loss including the holding costs and the customer penalty will be dramatically reduced.
Jinxing Xiao, 2007
9
Strategic Safety Stocks in Supply Chains
The approach presented in this book follows a material flow philosophy that allows for several extensions of the basic models and therefore offers a wide applicability within decision support systems.
Stefan Minner, 2000
10
HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Right Lead Time CONCEPT OF LEAD TIME "Justice delayed is justice denied" is a common complaint of most customers/ users. They invariably complain to the warehousing, purchasing and materials department that the items which must ...
p. GOPALAKRISHNAN, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAD TIME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lead time is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mercedes revamps supply chain, logistics to trim costs
“By implementing some of these changes in our logistics and supply chain, we can reduce the lead time in our manufacturing sequence,” ... «Automotive News, Jul 15»
2
Iran deal, a positive for Indian refiners | Business Line
This is because Iran offers a lower lead time and better credit terms (90 days) than the others, who typically offer a 30-day credit period, thus ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
3
Combine Checkup: Steps to Ensure a Successful Harvest | Industry …
“Combine preparation should begin several weeks before harvest to allow necessary lead time to secure needed replacement parts and to ... «Farm Industry News, Jul 15»
4
The traditions of Auburn football - AuburnUndercover - 247Sports
Aubie, Auburn's national champion mascot, excites fans young and old. Cheerleaders lead time-honored cheers, thousands line the streets for ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
5
Festivezone.com introduced Check and Pay on Delivery
Cash on Delivery made sure that the customer have to feel at ease while placing the order and during the lead time of delivery. It was believed ... «Bangalorean, Jul 15»
6
Doubt fuels water hoarding
Monitoring stations in Lake Erie and at the city's water intake provide near constant information, which gives the city several hours of lead time ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
7
India's first private air freight station to open from August 1 - The …
According to him The AFS would also help in reducing the lead time and pilferage. " Now the clearance period at airport is 5 days and ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
8
2015 Golden Slipper results - Sprinter claims Golden Slipper in race …
Ideal Tyson would then breathe fire down the filly's neck as they ran through the lead time in a solid 36.8 seconds for the juveniles with quarters ... «Racingbase.com, Jul 15»
9
Don't judge a pact by its cover: Congress and the Iran nuclear deal …
The deal allows a lead time – up to 24 days – between an IAEA inspection demand and an Iranian agreement or alternative proposal. «NJ.com, Jul 15»
10
SunLive - Another look at tap water - The Bay's News First
With a ten year lead time to think about it, planners are taking a long look at how thing s could be done differently, more efficiently and perhaps ... «SunLive, Jul 15»

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