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The wrong valve was in the wall by 9:14 a.m.

By 10:37, the ceiling was open again.

By noon, the customer had stopped smiling.

That second trip cost $286 in labor, fuel, parking, and lost schedule time — and the nasty part is this: the part didn’t fail because it was cheap. It failed because it was almost right.

That’s the procurement mistake nobody talks about.

Rafael Okafor, a 41-year-old maintenance supervisor in..."

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Created page with "<html> The wrong valve was in the wall by 9:14 a.m. By 10:37, the ceiling was open again. By noon, the customer had stopped smiling. That second trip cost $286 in labor, fuel, parking, and lost schedule time — and the nasty part is this: the part didn’t fail because it was cheap. It failed because it was almost right. That’s the procurement mistake nobody talks about. Rafael Okafor, a 41-year-old maintenance supervisor in..."

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