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shop floor the part of a factory housing the machines and men directly involved in production How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Within the ground floor retail area, seven showroom lifts--one for each of the watchmaker's brands--exploit the available height to provide access to each of the shop floors, creating a lively and dynamic environment for anyone who steps in from the street. Although the company's workers joined the CIO in the 1930s and waged a virtual guerrilla war on the company's shop floors in the 1940s, Fine argues that the company culture did not change fundamentally as a result. Several large manufacturing firms believe that variability in their measurement systems initially contributed 20-25 percent to the problems and defects found on their shop floors. |
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