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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Across several banks of screens in a small TV production control room, a group of American pundits are screaming at each other. Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025 Recent investigations have revealed serious production control problems within Boeing’s supply chain operations. Steve Banker, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 31 Mar. 2025.

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