Insights

What the obvious explanation can miss.

Short observations from industrial practice on assets, decisions, measures, operating conditions and implementation.

When good work misses the result

Local decisions can be rational, well executed and still pull the organisation away from what it meant to achieve.

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When local optimisation increases total cost

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When more inspection does not mean more integrity

Inspection is useful when it improves the maintenance decision, not simply when it produces more data.

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When a KPI outlives the reason it was created

Measures can remain precise long after the conditions that made them useful have changed.

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When the solution arrives before the problem

A strong technology is not automatically the right place to start.