These warnings provided several hours' worth of lead time, allowing evacuations and preparations to be made.
en.wikipedia.org Lead time is also the saved time by starting an activity before its predecessor is completed.
en.wikipedia.org Inputs may include forecast demand, production costs, inventory money, customer needs, inventory progress, supply, lot size, production lead time, and capacity.
en.wikipedia.org In addition to this, the pages were transmitted by phone line to the printshop, which gave extra lead time (no courier service).
en.wikipedia.org This not only prevents stagnation that might occur with a single standard, it gives manufacturers sufficient lead time to adapt to the most stringent requirements.
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