ところてん式しきに

adverb

systematically; in turn; mechanically; automatically

Describes a process where things are pushed through or handled one after another in a rigid, predetermined order, like tokoroten being extruded. Often used for bureaucratic or procedural sequences.

• 書しょ類るいがところてん式しきに処しょ理りされていく。

  The documents are processed one after another in a mechanical fashion.

• 会かい議ぎでは、議ぎ題だいがところてん式しきに決きまっていった。

  At the meeting, the agenda items were decided in a systematic, conveyor-belt manner.