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production control

noun

Definition of production control

: systematic planning, coordinating, and directing of all manufacturing activities and influences to ensure having goods made on time, of adequate quality, and at reasonable cost

Examples of production control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Was Trump not aware that there is a relatively large system of agriculture subsidies (valued at over $20 billion per year, not counting the costs passed on to consumers by production controls that boost prices)? — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump’s ‘New’ Idea: Farm Subsidies," 12 Apr. 2018 McFarland was employed for 29 years in production control for the Harris Corporation, maker of lithograph printing presses. — Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, "Final farewell set for Clifford McFarland, Pearl Harbor survivor (photos, video)," 3 Jan. 2018

First Known Use of production control

1929, in the meaning defined above

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