Exercise 2.1Question: Suggest examples of products that
illustrate the difference between ‘craft’ and ‘engineering’ from the following
areas of industry
A.)Food
B.)Furniture
C.)Transport
Definition of Craft and Engineering
production.
Craft Production: “Craft
production is the process of
manufacturing by hand with or without the aid of tools.” –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craft_production
Production Engineering: “Production Engineering is a combination of manufacturing
technology, engineering sciences with management
science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering
practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production. The
goal is to accomplish the production process in the smoothest, most-judicious and
most-economic way.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_engineering
Food – Craft
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Bakery – Handmade
cakes or pastry’s that have been individually crafted and created.
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Restaurant –
individually constructed and designed dishes put together by hand.
Food – Engineering.
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Sweets made on a
large scale by industrial machinery.
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Farming that uses genetically
modified theory’s, or farming that is carried out on a sizeable scale.
Furniture – Craft
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Handmade wooden furniture,
where hand tools would have been used and items individually produced not on
mass scale. Often all different as designed to separate specifications.
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Hand sewn / knitted
blanks / throws – Designed and created by an individual using hand skills and
technique.
Furniture – Engineering.
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Mass produced flat
pack for example ‘ikea’ the furniture would have been designed by an engineer
and created using machinery on a great scale no hand craft involved.
Transport – Craft
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Composite
components for example in the Aviation industry. The repair and structures would
have been designed by an engineer however a skilled craftsman would carry out
the repairs in accordance with the engineer’s theory. Moreover, this is
normally carried out by a few individuals by hand involving a lot of skill and
craftsmanship.
Transport – Engineering
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Aviation industry
involves engineers every day through production and fleet maintenance. For examples
an aircraft engine obviously involves a huge amount of planning, theory, maths
and methodology. Engineers are involved from the design process at the very
start all the way through the upkeep such as Borescopes and inspections. Additionally,
Engineers will continuously research something like an Engine to always find a
better more effective way of adapting / creating a new variety of the product.
