shop floor

noun

British

: the area where products are made in a factory

proper safety procedures for the shop floor

also : the workers in a factory

managerial control of the shop floor

Examples of shop floor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The range was fully carbon neutral from field to shop floor and all bags were created in Mulberry’s Somerset factories with leather from a tannery in Germany that measures, reduces and offsets its carbon emissions. —Samantha Conti, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

Finally, much of the new science discussed in the Republic of Letters was abstract and complex, whereas the innovations that powered the Industrial Revolution were tangible improvements made on the shop floor by practical craftsmen. —Peer Vries, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2016

Boeing is not the only company in the aviation industry that’s lost a lot of experience on the shop floor. —Joel Rose, NPR, 27 June 2024

Store assistants know exactly where an item is in store, even if it hasn’t been fully processed and moved to the shop floor, VF says. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 June 2024

Even so, Gitlin’s not the guy to fix the mechanics on the shop floor. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024

Despite Baxter’s ease of use, how will factory owners and workers react when the machine gets rolled onto their shop floor? —Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2012

By focusing on excelling in his current job and being the best within his cohort, the promotions (from shop floor manager to CEO) swiftly followed. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024

Change happens from both the top down and the bottom up… including through a team of Lean Champions that act as change agents on the shop floor. —Natan Linder, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023