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# Reminder: if you didn't confirm it, it didn't happen.
- URL: https://www.silkroadintl.net/reminder-if-you-didnt-confirm-it-it-didnt-happen/
- Published: 2008-02-19T15:58:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-18T14:48:41.000Z
- Author: david dayton
- Tags: Business

[Paperwork is not enough.](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=azFQiOAkFqsk&refer=asia&ref=silkroadintl.net) Most of the time lack of on-site inspection just costs you money, which is bad enough. But some times [it cost lives](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jqm4C9oxV7LhuwKEsld3Wi6D-08QD8UT0JBO0?ref=silkroadintl.net). It doesn't matter how big you are, you need to have someone on the ground to confirm that things are indeed being completed as required.