After ordering the commodity and service and the materials etc., until it is delivered, it is the time when it requires. If it is the manufacturing industry, not only the time when processing is done, you have influence which non process time (, waiting and conveyance time) adds. Usually days you display.
Other than "the production (production) lead time" of the manufacturing industry, there is a "delivery (shipment/physical distribution) lead time" "supply (buying) lead time" "outside order lead time" and so on in the lead time. Or until it commercializes from plan development of the commodity, there are also times when thing of period, is called the "development lead time" and so on.
Among the lead time, the time when added value activity is not done is the time when just cost occurs, shortening this part is obtained the relatively big cost reduction effect.
It is connected in addition that when wanting desired ones for the buyer of the product and service, just we want it enters into the hand to the improvement of degree of satisfaction. With the especially manufacturing industrydemand of lead time shortening which includes the physical distribution process between the assembly manufacturer and the part manufacturer with the permeation of JIT production and incoming order production, is large. Because of this the short lead time itself is considered source of competitiveness for the commodity offer side, recently effort to lead time shortening is paid in all industries such as manufacturing industry, distribution industry and physical distribution industry.
As for origin of a word of the lead time, originally you say that it is harmony make English which was used in order to explain the concept of the "standard holdings", in the Toyota Motor Corporation.
Furthermore, in the world of the physical distribution to baggage arrival, you call D0
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