production control

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noun

the planning and supervision of manufacturing activities to ensure that goods will be produced on time at the lowest possible cost.

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Origin of production control

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby production control

producer goods, product, product differentiation, productile, production, production control, production line, production number, production platform, production well, productive

How to use production control in a sentence

I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
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From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.
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