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shop floor

the basic level within an organization at which goods (or services) are produced. In a typical manufacturing business the shop floor would consist of operatives working in a factory to produce components or finished goods under the supervision of first line managers.

See SUPERVISOR, SHOP STEWARD.

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The shop floor of most fabricators is filled with 20-year-old equipment designed 10 years prior to that, which today is still operating as it produces product unimaginable to those who designed or built that same equipment.

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* The use of statistical tools--such as designed experiments, statistical process control, and analysis of variance--on the manufacturing shop floor. These tools ensure that processes are both capable and predictable.

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The battle over employee participation is one being played out not only in the Postal Service but in auto plants, steel mills, and on lots of other shop floors.