Here is some interesting Solutions to difficult problems. Just Read
Case 1(The famous one!!!!)
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). 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 C.
And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.....!!!!!!
Case 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 authorities 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, 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 a whopping amount
to do so.
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:
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution
that solves the problems
ONE MORE ON THIS ONE ......
OTIS ....... A Lift manufacturing Giant ...... had a complain from the
customer that their lifts were very very slow, and that it took a long
time to go up 60 stories........
Otis Engineers were fired and asked to solve the problem at the earliest
and replace all the liftss accordingly. Engineers started working on the
chain mechanism, the puuley systems, the power drives, the weight to
speed ratio, and other such hi tech parts......
The problem had no solution, as in increasing speed, weight had to be
reduced, or the safety was an issue, or other such thing.
But, one newly appointed engineer solved the problem in 2 days. He
fitted the mirror in the lifts. Suddenly the Complaints reduced
drastically to 10%. The director asked for he young engineer, and asked him
about this solution.
The young man said, The problem is not that the lifts are slow,but that
People feel that our Lifts are slow.
Hence, Always analyse the Problems from all view points.......
Case 1(The famous one!!!!)
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). 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 C.
And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.....!!!!!!
Case 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 authorities 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, 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 a whopping amount
to do so.
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:
Always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution
that solves the problems
ONE MORE ON THIS ONE ......
OTIS ....... A Lift manufacturing Giant ...... had a complain from the
customer that their lifts were very very slow, and that it took a long
time to go up 60 stories........
Otis Engineers were fired and asked to solve the problem at the earliest
and replace all the liftss accordingly. Engineers started working on the
chain mechanism, the puuley systems, the power drives, the weight to
speed ratio, and other such hi tech parts......
The problem had no solution, as in increasing speed, weight had to be
reduced, or the safety was an issue, or other such thing.
But, one newly appointed engineer solved the problem in 2 days. He
fitted the mirror in the lifts. Suddenly the Complaints reduced
drastically to 10%. The director asked for he young engineer, and asked him
about this solution.
The young man said, The problem is not that the lifts are slow,but that
People feel that our Lifts are slow.
Hence, Always analyse the Problems from all view points.......
