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<blockquote data-quote="mbj" data-source="post: 1200848" data-attributes="member: 16263">&gt;&nbsp; Case 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; When NASA began the launch of astronauts into&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; space, they found out that&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; flow down to the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; writing surface).&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; To solve this problem, it took them one decade and&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; zero gravity, upside&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; down, underwater, in practically any surface&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; including crystal and in a&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; temperature range from below freezing to over 300&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; degrees C.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; And what did the Russians do...?? They used a&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; pencil.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Case 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; management was the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; case of the empty soap box, which happened in one&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; of Japan's biggest&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; cosmetics&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; companies. The company received a complaint that a&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; consumer had bought a&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; soap box that was empty.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; the assembly line,&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; the delivery&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; department.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; For some reason, one soap box went through the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; assembly line empty.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Management asked its engineers to solve the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; problem.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; X-ray machine with&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; high-resolution monitors manned by two people to&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; watch all the soap boxes&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; that passed through the line to make sure they were&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; not empty. No doubt,&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; they worked hard and they worked fast but they&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; spent a whoopee amount to&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; do so.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; But when a rank-and-file employee in a small&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; company was posed with the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; same problem, he did not get into complications of&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; X-rays, etc., but&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; instead came out with another solution. He bought a&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; strong industrial&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; He switched the fan on,&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; the empty boxes out&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; of the line.&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Moral&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; Always look for simple solutions. Devise the&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt; simplest possible solution&nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;&nbsp; that solves the problems</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbj, post: 1200848, member: 16263"] > Case 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). > 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 whoopee 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 > > [B]Always look for simple solutions. Devise the > simplest possible solution > that solves the problems[/B] [/QUOTE]

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