the factory floor
noun
: the part of a factory among the ordinary workers where products are made
There's talk on the factory floor about a possible strike.
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By bringing advanced robotics like AEON onto the factory floor, industries get a chance to not just fill workforce gaps, but also rethink how work gets done, raising the bar for productivity and workplace safety.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Her managerial style, and studied approach to seeing Ariel thrive, mixed common sense, humility, an embrace of responsibility, and realization that the office and the factory floor can be a happy place.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 4 July 2025
This is where your next generation of leadership is incubated, not in corporate strategy off-sites, but in the field, on the ground, and on the factory floor.
—Anne Chow, Fortune, 2 July 2025
The chocolate factory Down on the factory floor, Sifers’ son-in-law, Dave Swiercinsky, 60, oversees the candymaking process.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Her managerial style, and studied approach to seeing Ariel thrive, mixed common sense, humility, an embrace of responsibility, and realization that the office and the factory floor can be a happy place.
—Jack Fowler, National Review, 4 July 2025
This is where your next generation of leadership is incubated, not in corporate strategy off-sites, but in the field, on the ground, and on the factory floor.
—Anne Chow, Fortune, 2 July 2025
The chocolate factory Down on the factory floor, Sifers’ son-in-law, Dave Swiercinsky, 60, oversees the candymaking process.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
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