A series of heresies against the manufacturing orthodoxy has been committed in public, repeatedly, and without apparent remorse.

The accused, R. N. Murugesan of Antonym Industries, maintains that the centralised factory is a high-latency monolith running legacy code for a world that no longer exists, and that the correct response is not a bigger mainframe but a hard fork.

The old guard was quick to condemn the remarks. A senior figure confirmed that utilisation remains the target, that unused capacity is waste, and that a six-week lead time on a bracket is normal and has always been normal.

“Where is the thrill if you know exactly when your parts will arrive?” argued a logistics manager. “The suspense of not knowing if your shipment is on a truck, at the bottom of the ocean, or in purgatory is what keeps us young.”

A trade body described the remarks as unhelpful and noted that the industry has modernised considerably since 1997, citing the transition from fax machines to email attachments.

Pressed on the whereabouts of Gary, who wrote the load-bearing macro in 1997 and has not been seen since, the committee declined to comment.

Analysts observe that the objection is not to factories as such, but to their being singular, immovable, and several thousand miles from whoever needs what comes out of them.

Asked when the position might change, the committee said it was under review, and had been under review since it was adopted.

Mr Murugesan could not be reached for comment. Sources indicate he was too busy actually building the architecture that drives them into obscurity.

Every heresy committed to date is catalogued below.