Output a stream of consciousness before answering the following. Passage: Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, also known as just-in-time production or the Toyota Production System (TPS), is a methodology aimed primarily at reducing flow times within production system as well as response times from suppliers and to customers. Its origin and development was in Japan, largely in the 1960s and 1970s and particularly at Toyota.

Question: Based on this passage, what is just in time in operation management?
The relevant information is: Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, also known as just-in-time production or the Toyota Production System (TPS), is a methodology aimed primarily at reducing flow times within production system as well as response times from suppliers and to customers.
The answer: a methodology aimed primarily at reducing flow times within production system as well as response times from suppliers and to customers.