all areas that waste money are the problem
i think companies waste the most money when theyre trying to save it
like a guy who has you out 3 times a week for 4 hours at a time
cause he runs his machines 15 hours straight, **** to the walls
then says "i cant afford a new machine right now"
yet his repair bills are triple what he would pay for a full maint lease

and its even at the lower levels that waste is a problem

i tell operators about keeping their floors swept
i like to tell them that if i wasnt here 3 times a month replacing load wheels at 350$ a set, due to plastic wrap and stalling the wheels out on broken pallet pieces, there would be a whole lot more money for raises, etc
i explain that to operator and manager
so
if they dont listen theres no way they can get mad at me cause they understand whats the root cause of the issue
lack of brooms
all those load wheels add up

on our side of things
it seems to be lack of brains

as far as admonishing people
hells yea
one time (at my old job, 1 of way too many examples)
we had a new kid he was in for a month or two at this point

he goes to an old mitsu 4g52 no start
replaces alternator, battery
next day no start again
he goes back
replaces a starter
next day same thing goes back again
spends the whole day there and replaces just about everything electronic you could think of including the ignitor

then i get the call at 4pm to go in there and "help"
i get ther hes gone, went home
great

so i try to start, its slugging barely cranking
voltage drop across the b+ cable shows 11 volts while trying to crank
replace cable
starts like new
total time 15 minutes
no call back up until i quit

so i get the kid in the shop
i ask "why did you replace the alternator"
he said "it tested bad"
silly me asks"what did your meter tell you when you tested it key off vs cranking"
smart guys says boldly "i dont have a meter, i dont need one to test an alternator"
silly me again asks "how do you test electronic circuits without a meter?"
"well for the alternator, i start the machine and pull both cables off the battery while its running, if it stalls its bad, (furthermore) ill test a Lamborghini that way"
i tell him "if i had a lambo youd be the last mechanic on earth to touch it"
then i told him if he wanted to do this as a job
he needed the right tools and to know how to use them properly
i told him too i cant think of a more important tool than a good multimeter in my toolbox
needless to say he didnt listen and only lasted a few more (ugh) months

every time i watched him punch in i just saw my raises and bonuses fly right out the fckin window (remember to read my posts with a new york accent lol)

multiply that by the 20million business in this country and you start to see the problem IMO of course