Buzzwords that make boardrooms spin and PowerPoints sing.
In cooking, means the food is prepped and ready for heat. In corporate-speak, it means a project or deal is polished enough to 'implement immediately' (famous last words before everything catches fire).
In military and corporate jargon, this means 'functioning and ready to go to war' (or at least ready to process quarterly reports). Describes systems, teams, or projects that are fully active and not just theoretical desk warmers.
A delightfully vague corporate term meaning either 'we're watching you closely' or 'we completely dropped the ball'—context is everything. The word's beautiful ambiguity lets management claim credit for vigilance while dodging blame for negligence.