production control

noun

: systematic planning, coordinating, and directing of all manufacturing activities and influences to ensure having goods made on time, of adequate quality, and at reasonable cost

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Its value lies in placing production controls around models that may be replaced within months. Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Pictures and sound are sent to TNT Sports’ production control room at Stockley Park, where the director, producer and sound team assemble the final programme. Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The 266,000 square-foot development boasts six soundstages with production control room facilities and 145,000 square feet of production support space, offices and onsite parking. Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 The agreement is meant to fund the planning, design and purchase of some materials for improvements to the club lounges, suites, escalators and video production control room as construction is scheduled to begin in February. Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for production control

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of production control was in 1929

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“Production control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/production%20control. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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