張租平

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廠，收到了某人一封不尋常的信，抱怨他買的肥皂盒里沒有肥皂。

空肥皂盒怎么會出廠呢？工程師們檢查了生產(chǎn)線和包裝線。生產(chǎn)線是正常的，但大概有萬分之一的幾率，包裝機器“放走”了一個空肥皂盒。沒有必要因為這樣一個小問題，花大筆錢去維修包裝機器，一位工程師很快拿出了一個解決方案。他用一臺大的X光機和兩臺大電腦來找出空肥皂盒。在教會工人們?nèi)绾问褂眠@個檢驗方法后，他坐下來，精疲力竭。

“先生，我們可以用一個更簡單、更實惠的方法來解決這個問題。”一個工人說。

“真的嗎？怎么操作？”

“我們放一臺大風(fēng)扇在包裝機附近，風(fēng)扇里的風(fēng)會吹走空肥皂盒，留下裝有肥皂的盒子。沒有必要讓工人來操作一臺X光機、兩臺電腦?！?/p>

看，這就是智慧工作。為了成功，我們不僅要學(xué)習(xí)工程師勤奮地工作，也要像那個工人那樣智慧地思考。