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LEAD-TIME

The total time a customer must wait to receive a product after placing an order. When scheduling and production systems are running at or below capacity, lead time and throughput time are the same. When demand exceeds the capacity of a system, there is additional waiting time before the start of scheduling and production, and lead-time exceeds throughput time.

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