Operations analysts are expected to turn messy data into clear decisions-often with incomplete spreadsheets, tight deadlines, and stakeholders who need different levels of detail. AI for Operations Analysts: From Spreadsheets to Decisions shows you how to use practical AI and ChatGPT workflows to make analysis faster, clearer, and more consistent without losing professional judgment.Maya Ellison guides you from building a dependable AI-assisted analysis workflow to preparing messy spreadsheet data, identifying meaningful patterns, and preserving the context behind the numbers. You'll learn how to summarize findings accurately, frame recommendations that teams can act on, and explain results in ways that work for executives, managers, and technical audiences.The book focuses on practical methods, useful prompts, review steps, and repeatable habits for applying AI to everyday operations analysis. Its introduction establishes the analyst's role and the opportunities and limits of AI; the focused chapters develop each stage of the workflow; and the conclusion brings the process together into a reliable approach you can reuse.Whether you work with reporting, performance metrics, process data, or business operations, this guide will help you move from spreadsheet inputs to confident, well-explained decisions.
