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Operations Dashboard in Excel
I'd like to ask what airline you're working for so that I can avoid ever booking a flight with that airline. I say that partly in jest, but also to make a point: it worries me that you're trying to manage something so critical by designing a spreadsheet to track it....surely there already exists software to manage this workflow and all other associated matters.
If this is a serious request, you should be going to a consultant who works professionally on this type of thing and who is well compensated for that work (as contrasted with volunteers here who just enjoy helping people get over some of the hurdles of learning Excel). Definitely you shouldn't be using ChatGPT, not for something this critical.
Hi Mathetes,
You are right that there exists software that track these kind of workflows, but the real issue comes when the heads are not interested in investing in those software apps. There are so many legacy software being used that come with inherent limitations and adding to the misery most of the staff who would be doing these kind of stuff has been fired during covid times.
That's where the the Excel and Power dashboard comes into play to save the day when things go haywire after a newbie forgets to properly update the fields in the legacy software! the automation helps avoid duplicating the workload or to spot any discrepancy quickly. I already had an alternate solution, but the **bleep** (my boss) always comes up with a new request. Hence, the reason why I posted this question to see if I could get the answer here as I am trying hard to save my team mates from the repetitive and exhaustive practices of updating the tracking sheets manually.
And as far the airline I work for is concerned, nothing to worry about that - soon the airlines flying worldwide will soon be grounding their fleet if the war lingered on for a couple of more weeks. Already there is a chatter going around in my office of pay cuts and offloading some staff.
