the factory floor

noun

: the part of a factory among the ordinary workers where products are made

There's talk on the factory floor about a possible strike.

Examples of the factory floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, the odds strongly favored a veteran insider, and like all its CEOs from the past two decades, not anyone bringing deep experience on the factory floor. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024

Union naysayers on the factory floor Within the Mercedes plant, there are workers warning about the potential pitfalls of unionization. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024

Worker-Directed Process Improvements Digital twins are mapping entire manufacturing plants with various sensors, enhancing the data flowing from the factory floor. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

During Shanghai’s 2022 lockdown, some Tesla workers slept on the factory floor. —John Liu, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024

The culture on the factory floor was, ‘This is production. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024

On the factory floor, which was lit by bright fluorescent bulbs, more than a hundred and fifty North Korean women, most of them under thirty-five years old, wore head-to-toe white protective clothing, plastic aprons, white rubber boots, and red gloves that went up to their elbows. —Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024

For example, a systems administrator might not be thinking about their building’s management systems, while a control systems engineer on the factory floor might not consider the laptops in their corporate offices. —Marcus Fowler, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

Management neglected to address problems on the factory floor and the causes of the cheating were complex, Sato said. —Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024