lead time
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lead time
1. Manufacturing the time between the design of a product and its production
2. Commerce the time from the placing of an order to the delivery of the goods
lead time
[′lēd ‚tīm] (industrial engineering)
The time allowed or required to initiate and develop a piece of equipment that must be ready for use at a given time.