factory gate
Plant's main threshold
Factory gate describes a point of sale or valuation at the place of manufacture, before transport or distribution costs are added.
A factory gate price is what goods cost when they leave the producer: Factory gate prices rose 3% this quarter.
The term appears most often in economic reporting and wholesale pricing discussions.
- entrancePoint of access
- industrialOf factories and production
- workersPeople doing jobs
- shiftMovement or work period
- securityProtection from threat
turnstile · punch in · time clock · punch · clock · shift change · whistle · smoke break · strike · picket · picket line · iron · metal · rust · chain link fence · chain-link · barrier · loading
- gatesgateway, gatehouse, gatepost, tollgate, floodgate
- Protest Sitespublic square, plaza, courthouse, government building, federal building
factory gatepoint of sale
Transaction completion location
shop floor · checkout counter · storefront · end consumer · retail outlet
factory gateloading dock
Raised platform for freight
service entrance · shipping bay · receiving dock · back entrance · back door
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