The importance of the weight of an object is well known and human kind has been using weighing methods across cultures and regions for thousands of years. We might though think that the requirement of legal for trade scales may be quite recent. But the importance of certified weighing whereby strangers can be assured of a fair weight is not new either. The first Weights and Measures Law was...
We know we have to keep up with times and as we slowly move into the future we do try to evaluate new products and technologies that emerge. And after careful evaluation we adopt some and choose to ignore others. And on yet others we may choose to have a wait and see approach. And amongst those that we do adopt right away there are products that offer such a compelling value proposition that they...
When one takes on a very difficult task it is describes as being like climbing a mountain. And though there is a lot of equipment that helps you climb a mountain more effectively and safely, you still have to put in all the effort of taking your weight up yourself. And therefore when with other tasks though you have some help, you still have a lot of tough work to do, it is called being like...
We enjoy a lot of comforts today as compared to even a couple of decades ago. And yet it is not as if life is a bed of roses for us. Difficulties do remain. And they do so for various reasons. We may feel that there is no way out because after all, as I said life is not a bed of roses but often there are options available to make things much easier at a low cost but we just let things drag on out...
When we see our newspaper in the morning or log on to the net we are flooded with information. And a lot of that is relevant to us. But with the information overload we are not able to do justice to all the information out there. Some of that information is about products and services that could make things better for us and which would pay for themselves and yet we may feel there is too much to...
One of the big stories of the twentieth and twenty first centuries has been specialization. In the very early days if we were not well we went to a doctor. And there was just one doctor, the doctor. There were no large number of specialists. If we wanted light there was just one type of lamp. There was no wide range of lights available for us to choose from. Things were simple and life did go on...
We know the advent of digital technology has made it possible to design very innovative scales. These innovative scales make it much more efficient to weigh even heavy objects and thereby reduce the amount of effort required. For example a floor scale can be quite slim thanks to the digital technology. This means a heavy object needs to be lifted only minimally to be placed on to the...
When you are confronted with a large object to weigh it may appear to be a daunting task. Even if you are not concerned about having the technology for making such large weight measurements in a manner that is accurate enough, just the thought of moving the heavy object an inch will make you hit a wall. But there is no limit to human ingenuity, if the Egyptians could move the massive stone blocks...
As a business manager it is one of your major responsibilities to improve the bottom line of the business. And to do that you are constantly looking for ways and means to make savings that make the operations more efficient. But all the steps that one can take do not involve making direct savings. There are other steps that you can take which will improve the bottom line of the company but which...
As technology advances we get to avail of many of the benefits that result. And we often do utilize the benefits and make our lives and the performance of our businesses better. And we may feel that technology is a benevolent thing that gives us the option of making things better. But the technological developments also expose us to some risks. And a big risk that comes about is that if we do not...