When you repair failed equipment, should you make the repair just good enough to get things running again or should you take more time to do the repair to the standard set for that equipment? What if the repair takes 50% longer? Three times as long?
The phrase “good enough” is typically code for “poor quality” and when used with repairs, it is code for “failure waiting to happen again.” Some people work fast (“Fail Again Soon, Thing”) due to pressure from the production people or from the idea that doing it faster but poorly is somehow better than doing it right.
The problem with “good enough” and “FAST” is the work inevitably must be done over. If you work out the time involved, you’ll find that “never enough time to do it right but always enough time to do it over” costs much more. And that’s just the repair tech time. What about the downtime and replacement parts and materials?
You really do not save time with poor site preparation, inadequate as found testing, sloppy work methods, poor cleanup, or inadequate post-repair testing. These can help you be the hero of the moment but ultimately make you a villain.
