Definition of Lead time

1. Noun. The time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process. "Planning is an area where lead time can be reduced"

Generic synonyms: Interval, Time Interval

Definition of Lead time

1. Noun. (idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lead Time

lead radioisotope
lead sheet
lead shot
lead single
lead someone down the garden path
lead stomatitis
lead storage battery
lead story
lead suboxide
lead sulfate
lead sulfide
lead sulphate
lead tetraethyl
lead tetroxide
lead the line
lead time (current term)
lead times
lead tree
lead up
lead up the garden path
lead vocalist
lead vocals
leadamalgam
leade
leaded
leaded bronze
leaded gasoline
leaded type
leaden
leadened

Literary usage of Lead time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Projections of Education Statistics to 2009 by Debra E Gerald, William J Hussar (1999)
"Mean absolute percentage errors by lead time for current expenditures, current expenditures per pupil in average daily attendance (ADA), and estimated ..."

2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"It is that part of strategic warning lead time available for executing ... See also strategic warning lead time; strategic warning post-decision time; ..."

3. Projections of Education Statistics to 2006 by William J. Hussar (1997)
"... by state Table A1.16—Weights used to combine the enrollment projections, by projection method and lead time lead time, in years I"rojection method 8 9 ..."

4. Projections of Education Statistics to 2007 by Debra E. Gerald (1997)
"... 1.16—Weights used to combine the enrollment projections, by projection method and lead time Grade retention Enrollment rate Projection method lead time, ..."

5. Projections of Education Statistics to 2008 by Debra E. Gerald (1999)
"... by projection method and lead time Projection method Grade retention 1 Enrollment rate 0 lead time, in years 8 8/9 7/9 6/9 5/9 4/9 3/9 2/9 1/9 2/9 3/9 ..."

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