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
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Frontline workers – the people closest to the issues on the shop floor – can be deeply involved in developing those solutions.
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Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
On the shop floor of the London store, Judd Crane, executive director of buying and brand at Selfridges, is putting his focus on exclusivity.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Tearing apart a 911 to put it back together, better, stronger, and technically perfect
The first step–disassembly–happens off-site from Singer’s pristine Torrance, California shop floor.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
The company also said that enhanced visual merchandising in stores and the reintroduction of mannequins on the shop floor; cross-category styling ,and styling innovations on the Burberry website also helped to tempt customers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Material innovations cannot scale without buy-in from multiple brands, factory customers have an integral role to play in improving practices on the shop floor, and building up circular infrastructure requires participation from many players.
—Sj Staff, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
According to Katana’s 2024 data, operational readiness has risen in tandem with task completion rates in shop floor apps up 10% and stock adjustments increasing by 11%.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That left toxins to be spewed unhindered into the air and raised temperatures to as high as 100 degrees for shop floor workers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
He’s also made a point of being closer to the action, buying a house in the Seattle area and spending more time on the factory shop floor.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Natan Linder, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
On the shop floor of the London store, Judd Crane, executive director of buying and brand at Selfridges, is putting his focus on exclusivity.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
Tearing apart a 911 to put it back together, better, stronger, and technically perfect
The first step–disassembly–happens off-site from Singer’s pristine Torrance, California shop floor.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2025
The company also said that enhanced visual merchandising in stores and the reintroduction of mannequins on the shop floor; cross-category styling ,and styling innovations on the Burberry website also helped to tempt customers.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 24 Jan. 2025
Material innovations cannot scale without buy-in from multiple brands, factory customers have an integral role to play in improving practices on the shop floor, and building up circular infrastructure requires participation from many players.
—Sj Staff, Sourcing Journal, 24 Jan. 2025
According to Katana’s 2024 data, operational readiness has risen in tandem with task completion rates in shop floor apps up 10% and stock adjustments increasing by 11%.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
That left toxins to be spewed unhindered into the air and raised temperatures to as high as 100 degrees for shop floor workers.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
He’s also made a point of being closer to the action, buying a house in the Seattle area and spending more time on the factory shop floor.
—Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Shop floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20floor. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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