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lead time

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lead time is a term you might hear when people talk about cars.

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Lead time is the delay between ordering and receiving an engine/parts shipment. The hosts say many engines are in stock or have short lead times, which matters for planning repairs or builds—especially if you’re trying to minimize downtime.

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"what they were talking about with the lead time for getting suppliers to build prototypes. cutting that down from several months to being able to build a new prototype of the seat in two weeks..."

Driving Old Cars Wheel Bearings 37:52

"some of the most common engine applications or series of engines that they have [1284.3s] with that lead time, a lot of them are in stock or they have really short lead times."

Is This The Ultimate Transmission for a Cummins? The Diesel Podcast 21:24

"[3534.3s] not that we particularly do, [3536.0s] or just to get the cars here a bit quicker than the enormous lead time they currently have."

'Ghost car' finance fraud uncovered, Blue Motor Finance rumoured to be exiting, and Nissan to adjust Sunderland production – with Andrew Edmiston, episode 257 Car Dealer Podcast 58:54

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