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heijunka

heijunka noun: the smoothing of a production process so that intermediate goods are made available at a constant rate and inventory is always available when required.

Noun

heijunka (uncountable)

  1. The smoothing of a production process so that intermediate goods are made available at a constant rate and inventory is always available when required.

Origin of heijunka

From Japanese 平準化 (heijunka, “levelling”, noun).

Words formed from heijunka

Phrases with heijunka

Questions about heijunka

What does heijunka mean?
Heijunka means the smoothing of a production process so that intermediate goods are made available at a constant rate and inventory is always available when required.
What part of speech is heijunka?
Heijunka is a noun.

Words near heijunka in the dictionary

  1. Heigrujam
  2. heigth
  3. heigths
  4. Heihe
  5. Heihsiatzu
  6. heijunka
  7. heijunka box
  8. heijunka boxes
  9. Heijō
  10. heikegani
  11. Heikkila

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