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Even if this story was true, neither solution is good as they still have wasted, empty boxes. The solution would be to figure out how the empty ones are produce

Even if this story was true, neither solution is good as they still have wasted, empty boxes. The solution would be to figure out how the empty ones are produced and fix that (root cause analysis) The scale would be part of the solution to verify the fix (continuous integration)

zdkl 9y ago
That line of reasoning is what cost them 8M in the first place. If it looks stupid, but works, it ain't stupid.
- drcross 9y ago
  I dislike this line because life is more nuanced than it portends.
  - icelancer 9y ago
    >>I dislike this line because life is more nuanced than it portends. Most of the time, it isn't. That's the point.
    - zdkl 9y ago
      Exactly. Hacker news
rando444 9y ago
The solution is good, but it's not perfect.. it's just a question of how much time and effort particular problems are worth. In fact the whole lesson here is about exactly this.
akira2501 9y ago
> The solution would be to figure out how the empty ones are produced and fix that (root cause analysis) Maybe.. maybe not. One possible outcome: Likely problem: speed of production. Solution: slow down production. Analysis: the loss on sometimes empty boxes is much lower than the loss on a slower production line. Conclusion: the fan is the correct solution.