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
- Bakery – Handmade cakes or pastry’s that have been individually crafted and created.
- Restaurant – individually constructed and designed dishes put together by hand.
Food – Engineering.
- Sweets made on a large scale by industrial machinery.
- Farming that uses genetically modified theory’s, or farming that is carried out on a sizeable scale.
Furniture – Craft
- 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.
- Hand sewn / knitted blanks / throws – Designed and created by an individual using hand skills and technique.
Furniture – Engineering.
- 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
- 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
- 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.