On Stream
Categories: Company Management
If you view factory production from space and then speed up the camera (or drink 5 cups of coffee first), the process looks liquid. Like, it's water flowing from the plastic goop vat, into the molds, then into shapes that are twisted and shaped and eventually turned into...whatevers. Personal adult massage devices to PVC piping for Grampa's garden.
Managers of production facilities often talk about factory production as "coming on stream" when the production line gets moving, as the process, when it's smooth, resembles water evenly flowing. Rather than, say, a reverse peristaltic wave the morning after a wild New Year's party. Different flow of streams there.
