# Pin-Maker Trade

## Definition

A specialised manufacturing occupation focused on producing pins through a series of distinct operations, used by Smith as his primary example of division of labour's effects on productivity.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 1

## Context

Smith uses the pin-maker trade to illustrate how dividing 18 distinct operations among specialised workers dramatically increases output compared to a single worker performing all operations.

## Economic Domain

Production

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