There are mainly two ways of producing things: using your hands and using machines. Machine manufacturing is faster and more economical. Even so, I prefer hand-made products because when things are made by hand, each one is unique in its own way. Machine-made goods lack this uniqueness.
The biggest advantage of machine manufacturing is that it is faster. Also, machine-made goods are cheaper than hand-made goods. Using machines, we can produce tens of thousands of identical copies of an object in a short amount of time. This makes machine manufacturing ideal for mass production. To produce an equal number of products using hands, a company would have to hire thousands of people.
On the other hand, the initial cost of setting up a factory is pretty high in the case of machine manufacturing, and it may take several months or even years to recover the investment. By contrast, when goods are made by hand, the labor costs may be higher, but other expenses are negligible. As a result, even if one does not have a lot of money to invest, one can easily launch a business manufacturing hand-made goods.
There is yet another advantage to producing goods by hand. They look unique, elegant and desirable. For example, Switzerland is famous for the production of hand-made watches, which are well known throughout all parts of the globe for their accuracy and charm. Likewise, hand-made silk saris produced in Banaras are cherished by millions of Indian women for their meticulous details. If hand-woven fabrics are compared with machine-made fabrics, the former will look and feel superior to the latter. This is because of the creativity with which hand-made goods are made.
To conclude, in my opinion as a buyer, hand-made items are superior to machine-made goods in several ways. Of course, machine manufacturing certainly has some advantages, but machine-made goods can not beat hand-made goods in quality or elegance.
There are
mainly
two ways of producing things: using your
hands
and using
machines
.
Machine
manufacturing
is faster and more economical. Even
so
, I prefer hand-made products
because
when things
are made
by
hand
, each one is unique in its
own
way.
Machine-made
goods
lack this uniqueness.
The biggest advantage of
machine
manufacturing
is that it is faster.
Also
,
machine-made
goods
are cheaper than hand-made
goods
. Using
machines
, we can produce tens of thousands of identical copies of an object in a short amount of time.
This
makes
machine
manufacturing
ideal for mass production. To produce an equal number of products using
hands
, a
company
would
have to
hire thousands of
people
.
On the other
hand
, the initial cost of setting up a factory is pretty high in the case of
machine
manufacturing
, and it may take several months or even years to recover the investment. By contrast, when
goods
are made
by
hand
, the labor costs may be higher,
but
other expenses are negligible.
As a result
, even if one does not have
a lot of
money to invest, one can
easily
launch a business
manufacturing
hand-made
goods
.
There is
yet
another advantage to producing
goods
by
hand
. They look unique, elegant and desirable.
For example
, Switzerland is
famous
for the production of hand-made
watches
, which are well known throughout all parts of the globe for their accuracy and charm.
Likewise
, hand-made silk saris produced in
Banaras
are cherished
by millions of Indian women for their meticulous
details
. If hand-woven fabrics
are compared
with
machine-made
fabrics, the former will look and feel superior to the latter. This is
because
of the creativity with which hand-made
goods
are made
.
To conclude
, in my opinion as a buyer, hand-made items are superior to
machine-made
goods
in several ways.
Of course
,
machine
manufacturing
certainly
has
some
advantages,
but
machine-made
goods
can not beat hand-made
goods
in quality or elegance.