No fast path to maintenance brilliance

摘要

Many years ago, the vice president of a major steam turbine manufacturing company was called to give a legal deposition in Canada. It had been alleged that oversights or engineering malpractice by his firm had caused issues with the company's mechanical-drive steam turbines. During the unavoidable back-and-forth arguments, the VP made the statement that the same problems tend to reappear in 30-year cycles. In essence, he believed that corporations have memories that go blank every 30 years.