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heijunka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hei-jun-ka
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

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Usage

Phrases

heijunka box

Questions

What does heijunka mean?
The smoothing of a production process so that intermediate goods are made available at a constant rate and inventory is always available when required.
Where does heijunka come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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