The area of a factory or workshop where the operatives work; used especially to distinguish the productive part of a factory from the administrative part
The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too
(Ticaret) The methods and systems used to prioritize, track and report against production orders and schedules. They include the procedures used to evaluate current resource status, and the update of labor, machine hour and other associated information as required to support the overall planning, scheduling and costing systems