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.
[British]
Cost must be controlled, not just on the shop floor but in the boardroom too.
...shop floor workers.
shop floor in British English
noun
1.
the part of a factory housing the machines and workers directly involved in production
2.
a.
workers, esp factory workers organized in a union
b.
(as modifier)
shop-floor protest
shop floor in American English
1.
the part of a factory where the products are manufactured
2.
the workers who are engaged in production there
shop floor in Retail
(ʃɒp flɔr)
noun
(Retail: Store fixtures and layout)
The shop floor is the area of a store that is accessible by the public, excluding storerooms, stockrooms, and offices.
The shop floor is the location in a retail store where goods are displayed and sales transactionstake place.
The company has an intensive training program which is intended to give new employeesthe capability to move from the shop floor into retail management.
The shop floor is the area of a store that is accessible by the public, excluding storerooms, stockrooms,and offices.
shop
Parts of a storeThe following are all areas of a store, each with a different function.bargain basementcheckout counterfasciafitting roomstockroomstore frontwindow display
Examples of 'shop floor' in a sentence
shop floor
While most shop floor production areas were not too different, the employment of apprentices was.