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Automotive challenge and India’s prospects.Pages

Preamble
Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, Distinguished Scientist & Chief Controller R&D (ACE & NS) was in Pb Engineering College to address the students and Faculty on 5th Nov. 08, and gave a meticulous, inspiring and patriotic lecture.
He cited extensive competence to meet challenges of Technology to Indian Engineers, most times denied, with a big NO.
The question emerges, if that competence is available, then why does India lag in small and trifle things?

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- Posted on November 5th, 2008 in Pages, General, Education, Management, Publications | 1,736 Views | Comments (0)

Is Each one Capable?.Technical

Is Each one Capable? ( PART XVI of my TQOP series )

Probably Not! Probably Yes!

Capability is the inherent or achieved ability to accomplish a task. To be capable - at the time of need - is an attribute the whole world looks for.

Capability of past and /or of future brings in no accolades. For there is an adage- A friend in need is friend indeed. Substitute ‘Friend’ with ‘Capability’ to read the implied. At the time of need- but it needs a strategic preparation for the distant opportunity:

Part 16 of my series on Each one is Capable of “A Total Quality Organisation Thru’ People” is available in electronic-form on the world wide web: Part 16- Each one is Capable is about:

Abstract

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- Posted on November 3rd, 2008 in Technical, Foundry, Education, Engineering, Management, Publications | 7,002 Views | Comments (1)

PROJECT PLANNING.Pages

Planning is the first step to the launching of an ‘Action’. Even to press a trigger of a gun one has to press the lever almost to the extent of 80% ( Following the Pareto’s 80-20 rule). This forms an essential part of TOET (test of Elementary Training). Proverbially Japanese also spend 80 % of their time planning. –>isn’t it large vis-a-vis 20 % spent by Americans?

- Posted on November 1st, 2008 in Pages, Technical, Education, Engineering, Management | 1,612 Views | Comments (0)

Lateral Thinking.Pages

Interesting quizzes……..

Lateral Thinking..gud one..try once

An interesting quiz for Ur Lateral Thinking abilities — Think!

1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it’s raining! Why?

(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying. )

2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, he is my son!” How can this be?

3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumpier, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.
A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

4. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known software company as an interview question for prospective employees.

5. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early.
Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

6. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says ‘Thank you’ and walks out.
(This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out. )

SOLUTIONS

- Posted on October 13th, 2008 in Pages, Puzzles, Management | 2,345 Views | Comments (0)

The Quality Guru’s Definitions.Pages

The Quality Definitions

Dr Deming said, Trust your men,
Philip Crosby exhorts: Let them be competent
While Juran, emphasized on Control,
Ishikawa notifies: Don’t tax Individuals more

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- Posted on August 30th, 2008 in Pages, Quality, Management, Poems | 3,599 Views | Comments (3)

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