Well that goes to show ya ... Grease is the Word!

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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 6:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Interesting article on why sustained maintenance is
> better than the latest thing...
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> Very interesting.
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> Our state-based regional rail provider had an "innovative" solution to
> something as simple as laying some new track.
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> The lead engineer took a short cut and save some money which involved
> installing a curve on entry to the major rail hub.
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> The curve caused massive wheel wear, within a year hundreds of rolling
> stock was taken out of service.
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> The solution: grease!.
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> Of course it's a band aid but hey we saved some money!
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> On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:46 PM, David Boyes <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> > The article argues that sustained maintenance is necessary to a
> > successful solution. Sound familiar?
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> > >
> > https://aeon.co/essays/innovation-is-overvalued-maintenance-often-
> matt
> > ers-more
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