“Crash course in Operational Management, what I learned, what worked for me and what I could improve,” is a compilation of the author's career as a manager in the areas of supply chain, logistics and operations. It is a book that seeks to be an applicable guide in the day to day of a manager, director or head of area or business unit, where through the experiences, anecdotes, achievements, successes and mistakes of the author, the reader may, in a practical and agile way, face obstacles and restrictions that are useful for any situation. The reader will be able to make assertive decisions focused on problems that happened to the author, and will have in hand proven concepts and suggestions from other experts in the field. Since this book is meant to work as a “working guide”, it will be reference for decision-making based on the needs of each reader. Its writing goes from a theoretical framework to an applicable framework with real life challenges and circumstances. The book seeks to accelerate learning curves, sharing between a mixture of theory and points of view, what does work in real life and what does not work, due to the author's working experience. This book will help you solve the most important questions that come to mind when leading business units, managing people and or companies. Questions like, How to make a budget ?, How does a business plan begin ?, How can I improve my business strategy ?, What do I do when people resist change ?, How to make others do ?, How to improve a department or business unit ?, How to measure employees and motivate them ?, How to make a physical inventory ?, What should I do to lower the budget and not affect people or the quality of my product ?, and many more that are undoubtedly the most common concerns at a global level that any manager or entrepreneur can have at any time during their management.
