Recently, The Driller editor Jeremy Verdusco wrote about problem solving for contractors. I had been working on this column, and it fits right in.
Just when you think you have it under control, a problem can pop up that you never imagined. You think of product failures, maybe you had a welding issue that affected a couple thousand drill rods. Maybe a trucker strike shuts down your flow of raw materials and finished products. Here you are, business is good, things are smooth and — bam! — you suddenly need to figure out a plan to get through something unforeseen. We are experiencing this now with Covid-19.