TABLE OF CONTENTS Preliminary counteraction. If it will be necessary to do an action with both harmful and useful effects, this action should be replaced with antiactions (counteractions) to control the harmful effects. Create stresses in an object or system that will oppose known undesirable working stresses later on in time (see Figure 10.10).
Examples:
Use an electric heater to preheat the car engine before starting in the winter in northern regions. Damage to the engine from running with frozen oil is prevented, fuel is saved and air pollution decreased.
Pre-tense rebar before pouring concrete for stronger structures.
Changes and innovations usually meet resistance in an organization. Get the affected people involved so they can participate in the planning of changes and don't feel threatened.
Use customer trials to launch high risk new products (e.g., film companies shoot several endings to a movie and try them with different audiences before final selection).
Focus on pro-action instead of reaction in maintenance.
Preliminary action. Perform, before it is needed, the required change of an object or system (either fully or partially). Pre-arrange objects so that they can come into action from the most convenient place and without losing time for their delivery (see Figure 10.11).
