the area in a factory where the goods are made by the workers （工厂的）生产区 - on the shop floor
to work on the shop floor 在生产区工作 In the industrial sector, there are still relatively few women on the shop floor. 在工业部门，车间中的女性相对较少。
- on the shop floor
the workers in a factory, not the managers 工厂工人（非管理人员） Most decisions about how work should be done are taken in the office rather than on the shop floor (= by the workers). 大多数关于应该如何开展工作的决策是由管理层而不是由工人作出的。