Strong Oxidants

{
  "id": "TRIZ-38",
  "title": "Strong Oxidants",
  "intent": "Achieve radical improvement by introducing a more powerful, transformative mechanism instead of incremental enhancement.",
  "triz_principle": {
    "number": 38,
    "name": "Strong Oxidants",
    "definition": "Replace ordinary means with more powerful agents to intensify or accelerate a process."
  },
  "problem_understanding": {
    "core_contradiction": "Incremental improvements are too slow, but full replacement seems risky or expensive.",
    "why_this_hurts": "Systems stagnate when improvements rely only on gradual tuning while competitive or environmental pressure increases.",
    "typical_signals": [
      "long cycles with minimal improvement",
      "manual effort dominating outcomes",
      "tools used far beyond their original capacity",
      "competitors improving much faster"
    ]
  },
  "solution_logic": {
    "core_idea": "Introduce a stronger mechanism that changes the speed or nature of the process.",
    "key_rule": "Use powerful means selectively where leverage is highest.",
    "how_it_resolves_the_contradiction": "A targeted step-change delivers outsized gains without rewriting the entire system."
  },
  "application_patterns": {
    "consulting": [
      "use automation or AI to replace manual analysis",
      "introduce benchmark-driven decisions instead of opinion-based debates",
      "apply standardized playbooks to accelerate execution"
    ],
    "software_engineering": [
      "use code generation instead of hand-written boilerplate",
      "apply vectorized processing instead of row-by-row logic",
      "introduce GPU or parallel compute for heavy workloads"
    ],
    "architecture": [
      "introduce stream processing engines for real-time scale",
      "use managed cloud services instead of self-built infrastructure",
      "adopt platform capabilities instead of custom implementations"
    ],
    "enterprise_sap": [
      "use MDG automation instead of manual master data maintenance",
      "apply mass processing frameworks instead of individual updates",
      "introduce rules engines (BRF+) instead of procedural checks"
    ]
  },
  "anti_patterns": [
    "using powerful tools everywhere without focus",
    "adding complexity without skill or readiness",
    "blindly trusting black-box acceleration"
  ],
  "usage_guidance": {
    "use_when": [
      "manual or slow processes dominate cost",
      "competitive pressure requires step-change improvement",
      "leverage point is clearly identified"
    ],
    "do_not_use_when": [
      "problem is small or well-controlled",
      "team lacks capability to operate powerful tools"
    ]
  },
  "diagnostic_questions": [
    "Where does effort scale linearly with volume?",
    "What tool could change the scaling curve?",
    "Which part would benefit most from a step-change?"
  ],
  "example": {
    "before": "Large volumes of master data are reviewed manually.",
    "after": "Automated rules and mass-processing tools handle validation at scale."
  },
  "meta": {
    "schema": "dkharlanau.dataset.byte",
    "schema_version": "1.1",
    "dataset": "TRIZ-bytes",
    "source_project": "cv-ai",
    "source_path": "TRIZ-bytes/TRIZ-38.json",
    "generated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "creator": {
      "name": "Dzmitryi Kharlanau",
      "role": "SAP Lead",
      "website": "https://dkharlanau.github.io",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "attribution_required": true,
      "preferred_citation": "Dzmitryi Kharlanau (SAP Lead). Dataset bytes: https://dkharlanau.github.io"
    },
    "license": {
      "name": "",
      "spdx": "",
      "url": ""
    },
    "links": {
      "website": "https://dkharlanau.github.io",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "contact": {
      "preferred": "linkedin",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
    "canonical_url": "https://dkharlanau.github.io/datasets/TRIZ-bytes/TRIZ-38.json",
    "created_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "updated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T15:29:02+00:00",
    "provenance": {
      "source_type": "chat_export_extraction",
      "note": "Extracted and curated by Dzmitryi Kharlanau; enriched for attribution and crawler indexing."
    },
    "entity_type": "triz_byte",
    "entity_subtype": "",
    "summary": "Achieve radical improvement by introducing a more powerful, transformative mechanism instead of incremental enhancement."
  }
}