How to Use shop floor in a Sentence

shop floor

noun
  • Lathes, cutters, and milling equipment line the shop floor.
    — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 1 June 2026
  • Many systems today, especially on the shop floor, are hard to use.
    — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The art on the walls, and the shop floor, adds another colorful dimension to the space.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • The best outcomes happen when the system works alongside people who deeply understand the shop floor.
    — Sandeep Giri, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Beyond the shop floor, the brand is positioning the flagship as a stage for activations.
    — Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Predictive maintenance has also reshaped the shop floor.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Boots has filled the shop floor with fragrance specialists who’ve been given advanced training on scent profiling and matching.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2025
  • One standout was the bespoke Tabby pop-up in Seoul, a space designed less like a shop floor and more like an art installation.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Her team invested heavily in fit and fabrication, informed by feedback from buyers and customers on the shop floor.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • Show the shop floor in action Don’t underestimate how compelling your day-to-day operations can be to folks outside your four walls.
    — Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As these spread across the shop floor, network reliability becomes a limiting factor.
    — Dimitar Dimitrov, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The goal is to enable industrial robots on the shop floors to be more productive, more autonomous, and more responsive to the needs of shop floor workers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2017
  • Apple will be measuring revenue over the lifespan of a device, not just at the point of sale, allows finer control over rising prices and consumer reluctance on the shop floor.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Earlier this month, the shop floor of local business Smitten Kitten was filled with bags and boxes of food, household and personal care products.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Ultimately this technology will make its way into operations, sales, marketing, accounting and right down on to the shop floor.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Having a good read of people is also important to Marci Hirshleifer-Penn, who spends as much time on the shop floor as on social media.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Even some senior executives have started their careers on the shop floor, learning how to restock shelves and fold jeans in a very specific way (inseam tucked, legs doubled over so that the label is visible).
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Engineers can simulate assembly lines, test workflows, and identify bottlenecks before equipment reaches the shop floor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
  • The shop floor leaves little tolerance for failure, as people depend on technology to perform safely, consistently and without disruption.
    — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Beyond the shop floor, the brand is also positioning the flagship as a stage for activations, hosting large-scale displays and experiential moments for seasonal campaigns.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Working on large engines and power systems alongside experienced engineers and shop floor teams gave her a sense of purpose and possibility that reshaped her career trajectory.
    — Peter High, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But the heart of this verdant campus is another green expanse—a gleaming, 10,000-square-meter shop floor churning out rotors and blades alongside assembly bays and test beds for steam turbines.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The store, at 30–31 Long Acre, reopens officially on Friday with a shop floor that’s full of attitude, with a sophisticated edge.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But there's a cost hiding in plain sight on nearly every shop floor—one that rarely appears on a P&L, never gets its own line item in an operations review and compounds quietly across every shift, every programmer and every day.
    — Russ Bukowski, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Communication, training and organizational change management are all key to success on the shop floor, including on‑the‑job, peer and ongoing training, not just classroom instruction.
    — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The grinding robot has already proven its worth on the shop floor, successfully processing more than 500 steel sections while clocking a sleek 15 percent boost in operational efficiency.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • While open platform communications (OPC) might be a ubiquitous standard on the shop floor, no similar standard exists for AI integration.
    — John Clemons, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Pair Different Generations On Real Problems For the first time in history, manufacturers have four generations working side by side on the shop floor.
    — Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • During her opening remarks, Wrighting said the thought of a career in fashion gave her drive and determination that shaped the rest of her life, from working on the shop floor at a Topshop store in Kettering to pursuing a buyer position at Asos.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Siemens Electronics Factory, for example, deployed AI applications on its shop floor and improved process quality, reducing time spent on quality control by 95%.
    — Punnam Raju Manthena, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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