GoKawiilEntrepreneur op-ed urges firms to track downtime causes, not just hours lost
An Entrepreneur contributor argues businesses should stop pressuring teams to work faster when downtime accumulates, since rushing raises safety risks and quality problems. Instead, the piece recommends categorizing downtime by cause—equipment failure, scheduling, materials, weather, staffing—and measuring its true cost in labor, rentals, overtime and missed deadlines rather than just counting idle hours.