job shop
English
Noun
job shop (plural job shops)
- 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.
- (production management) 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.
- An agency that supplies technical personnel usually on short-term temporary contracts.
Synonyms
- (supplier of technical personnel on temporary basis): body shop
See also
- batch processing