Here are 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 complaint 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 lifts accordingly. Engineers started working on the
chain mechanism, the pulley 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
called the 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 analyze the Problems from all view points.......
"Think Simply, Think Effectively"
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Originally posted by gopalpai
Here are 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.....!!!!!!
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"Think Simply, Think Effectively"
Gopalpai,
Your thread is in ‘General’ Category and not in ‘Have fun’ so assuming you are taking it seriously.
Please read this:
There exists a common urban legend claiming that the Americans spent $11 million developing the Space Pen, and the Russians used a pencil.[1] In fact, NASA programs have used pencils (for example a 1965 order of mechanical pencils[1]) but because of the danger that a broken-off pencil tip poses in zero gravity and the flammable nature of the wood present in pencils[1] a better solution was needed.
NASA never approached Paul Fisher to develop a pen, nor did Fisher receive any government funding for the pen's development. Fisher invented it independently, and then asked NASA to try it. After the introduction of the AG7 Space Pen, both the American and Soviet (later Russian) space agencies adopted it. Previously both the Russian and American astronauts used grease pencils and plastic slates.[2]
Another rumor has it that the Apollo 11 astronauts accidentally snapped off a switch which was necessary to permit them to fire the engine to return to the Earth; and that a Fisher Space Pen was used to press this button. While the incident did occur, Buzz Aldrin has stated that, in fact, he used a felt-tip pen for this.[3]
Here is the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pen
One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.
At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a Pathan got on. Six feet four, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground.
He glared at the conductor and said, "Pathan doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back.
Conductor didn't argue with Pathan, but he wasn't happy about it. The next day the same thing happened ? Pathan got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the next..
This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Pathan was taking advantage of poor conductor. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff.
By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what's more, he felt really good about himself. So, on the next Monday, when Pathan once again got on the bus and said, "Pathan doesn't pay!"
The driver stood up, glared back at Pathan, and screamed, "And why not?"
With a surprised look on his face, Pathan replied, "Pathan has a bus pass."
Management Lesson: Be sure there is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 20-09-09 12:31:18
Strictly from the point of view of humor, I had a good laugh at the nice punch line of the Russians using the pencil. 
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Dimple2001
dimple, even I had a good laugh. should have good sense of humour, feels young and makes life beautiful. whenever I face problem and I feel problem is big.,I read this and enjoy.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
Mahatma Gandhi
