job shop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A business or facility specializing in the manufacture or fabrication of parts in relatively small quantities, produced to the specifications or requirements supplied by the customer.
  2. A production unit that processes jobs each of which requires processing at multiple workstations, in any order, which processing may vary in time taken at each workstation.
  3. An agency that supplies technical personnel usually on short-term temporary contracts.

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job shop job shops

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