I disagree that in software process the manufacturing is trivial. Software is so often designed as more general systems, that need to be configured and install

I disagree that in software process the manufacturing is trivial. Software is so often designed as more general systems, that need to be configured and installed and integrated, etc. Those steps aren't part of the design process anymore, they're specific to every sale, to every client. They are what I would consider a manufacturing step. I do agree that car designers could call themselves craftsmen, their jobs are closest to what craftsmen used to be and do. But they don't anymore, they have evolved into new processes and new systems. That is the evolution I think software is due for.