Problems v/s Solutions..

Interesting Read

Problem : 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).

Solution A

In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees

Solution B

And what did Russians do ?? The Russians used a Pencil !!!

Problem : 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the thorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste,

Solution A

The engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so

Solution B

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral of the story: ' Keep It Short & Simple' !!

Hi daffodil,

Good info of how a problem get solved and its the in the people hands to make an complicated or easysolution..

I liked both the easy solutions Pencil and Fan..

When I read that it took 1 decade and $12 million I was thinking they did a great job,but when I read abt pencil I was hahahhaa...

People wants to be perfect...so goes for great discoveries and inventions..

Hugs,
dg..

Good one Daffodils,

That pencil solution ....The americans must have felt so sheepish.....

The fan theory was good one...

Thanx for sharing this..

Bye

that was good daffodil...thanks for sharing...
Mindi

nice solutions, daffodil...
I remember one incident..where Sri Ramakrishna was asked how to solve the problem of ants which is attracted to the sweets kept over there...
The people in the Ashram tried so many ways, but couldn't find a solution to that..
Sri Ramakrishna gave the solution...it is very simple, draw a line with sugar around the sweets...so the ants will eat the outer circle of sugar and not the sweets..

sriniketan

Dear Daffodil

Nice reading yr industrial examples below. Machines work in an orderly manner hence their breakdown problems can also be handled in a systematic manner.

So different with people who are infinitely more complex biological machines with a pecular mix of self-contradicting emotional,materialistic,social and financial needs !

Hence my axiom in dealing with human problems is

"If you cant Solve a problem, then Dissolve it "

Cheers !



Problem : 1

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).

Solution A

In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees

Solution B

And what did Russians do ?? The Russians used a Pencil !!!

Problem : 2

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the thorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste,

Solution A

The engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so

Solution B

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral of the story: ' Keep It Short & Simple' !!

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Hi Daffodil
You always have unique things to share with use. Thanks ya this is really super one Russians using pencils.............hahaha
and the fan one really smart person.