The Power ofa Fan风扇的力量

张租平

There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.

How could empty soapbox go out of the factory？ The engineers checked the producing and packing line. The producing line was fine， but about one in ten thousand cases， the packing machines let an empty soapbox go. There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem. The engineer soon worked out a solution. He put a large X-ray machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapbox. After teaching the workers how to use it， he sat down in his seat， very tired.

“Sir， we could have solved the problem in a much simpler and cheaper way，” a worker said.

“Really？ How？”

“We can put a huge fan near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes and leave the other boxes with soap. There would be no need for an X-ray machine， two computers， and operating by workers.”

See， this is smart work. In order to succeed， we should not only learn from the engineers hard work， but also think smartly like the worker.

日本有一家大型肥皂厂，收到了某人一封不寻常的信，抱怨他买的肥皂盒里没有肥皂。

空肥皂盒怎么会出厂呢？工程师们检查了生产线和包装线。生产线是正常的，但大概有万分之一的几率，包装机器“放走”了一个空肥皂盒。没有必要因为这样一个小问题，花大笔钱去维修包装机器，一位工程师很快拿出了一个解决方案。他用一台大的X光机和两台大电脑来找出空肥皂盒。在教会工人们如何使用这个检验方法后，他坐下来，精疲力竭。

“先生，我们可以用一个更简单、更实惠的方法来解决这个问题。”一个工人说。

“真的吗？怎么操作？”

“我们放一台大风扇在包装机附近，风扇里的风会吹走空肥皂盒，留下装有肥皂的盒子。没有必要让工人来操作一台X光机、两台电脑。”

看，这就是智慧工作。为了成功，我们不仅要学习工程师勤奋地工作，也要像那个工人那样智慧地思考。