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All systems hit limits. All attempts to try and improve a system that has hit its fundamental limit are destined to fail. In such situations, additional improvement can only be achieved by making changes to the system . Changing a system - particularly a manufacture process that may have commissioning costs measured in millions of Euros - can imply...
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Constructed around the findings of over 1500 person years of research, and the systematic extraction of knowledge from nearly 3 million of the strongest solutions from all areas of science and technology, the Soviet originated Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, TRIZ (Teoriya Resheniya Izobreatatelskikh Zadatch), is the most comprehensive systematic innovation and creativity methodology ever developed. Its Soviet roots have undoubtedly slowed its spread into industries in the West, but recently published cases of Western companies using TRIZ to save many millions of pounds are promoting wider deployment. More recent research to incorporate best maintenance and design for maintenance practices looks set to provide engineers and technicians working in the machine maintenance arena with a similar capability to systematically access 'best practices' from the best solutions abstracted from all fields of human endeavour. The paper describes the overall structure of the TRIZ toolkit and provides details of the main tools.
