The Just Don't Get It!

Chapter 5: You Can't Do Everything Doing the Right Things the Right Way—in the Right Order A Lesson in the Quick Fix Trap We've all been there. The machine keeps jamming. We keep chasing it, hoping the last change works, but it rarely does. So we try another adjustment, swap a sensor, modify the timing. Each fix feels productive in the moment. The team jumps in. Maintenance makes another tweak, an operator adjusts the gripper again, and within an hour the line is running. Everyone feels productive—like heroes. Until the next shift, when the same issue shuts production down all over again. That's the danger of the quick fix: it feels good in the moment but doesn't last. In fact, it often makes things worse, because the root cause is still lurking, waiting to stop you again.

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