Jit vs. Kanban — What's the Difference?

Jit (also known as jiti, jit-jive and the Harare beat) is a style of popular Zimbabwean dance music. It features a swift rhythm played on drums and accompanied by a guitar.

Kanban (Japanese: 看板(Chinese Character reused by Japanese), meaning signboard or billboard) is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing (also called just-in-time manufacturing, abbreviated JIT). Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency.

To compile (program code for a virtual machine) immediately when needed, as part of the execution process.

(countable) A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components.

An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.

A coordinated manufacturing system using such cards.

A nickel.

(by extension) A system to manage, visualise, and improve work across teams, often as part of an agile methodology.

A style of Zimbabwean dance music played with drums and guitar.