job shop

American  

noun

1. an agency or plant that supplies technical personnel or performs a specific function in a manufacturing process, usually on short-term temporary contracts.

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Other Word Forms

• job shopper noun

Example Sentences

Haas began focusing on the neglected job shop market, offering very short delivery times, superior parts and service, and lower costs, compared with other American machine tool makers.

From Forbes

But if delivery drivers and checkout clerks start to look for and find jobs on the site, LinkedIn will have taken a step towards becoming a much broader job shop.

From Economist

“You’d call it a small industrial job shop.”

From Slate

Steve runs a fifty person steel pipe fabrication job shop. 

From Forbes

That manufacturing job shop brought Gerry in, he advised them to bid lower on new projects, and business started improving right away.

From Forbes