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Persona

COO / Operations Director

Responsible for end-to-end operational efficiency. The silent sponsor of practical transformation.

What keeps them up at night

Operational efficiency, productivity, unit order cost, SLA, cross-department integration.

Vocabulary

  • cost-to-serve
  • cycle time
  • OTIF
  • errors per order
  • hours lost

Proof that convinces them

Before/after process maps; unit cost table; measured SLA.

Issues for this persona

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When Each Order Costs More Than the Last

The Salesperson Closes the Sale — Then Calls the Branch to Ask If They Can Still Sell

When the information the salesperson holds was already born stale, every sale carries a phone call. It's not the team's lack of effort — it's an information friction that turns the moment of the sale into a moment of waiting.

Vinícius Dias · 7 min read
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When the Catalog Becomes Chaos

The Catalog Isn't a Product List — It's What Price, Stock, and the Sale Rest On

When the catalog is ambiguous, the ambiguity doesn't stay in the catalog — it leaks into the price, the stock, the invoice, and the report the board uses to decide. Why the product record is the most invisible and most decisive layer of a B2B operation.

Vinícius Dias · 7 min read
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When Integration Breaks Everything

When You Run on Several ERPs, Which One Is Right?

In an operation with several ERPs and brands, integration isn't wiring one system to another — it's deciding which is right when they disagree on price, stock, and credit. Why integration breaks before the technology enters the picture.

Vinícius Dias · 7 min read
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When Each Order Costs More Than the Last

Why a Small Order Costs More Than It Earns

Processing a R$ 400 order costs almost the same as a R$ 4,000 one: the effort is fixed per transaction. That's why the small customer costs more than it earns. With five years of Tracbel data, a read on when that math flips.

Vinícius Dias · 7 min read
Official MTE-THOMSON online channel integrating technical support, a brand‑curated catalog and sales via partner retailers, helping customers find the correct auto part and where to buy it.
When Selling More Doesn't Mean Earning More

[ENG] MTE-THOMSON`s official online store connects technical support, a curated parts catalog and sales through selected retail partners, guiding customers to the right part and the ideal seller in one digital channel

MTE-THOMSON created its official online store to connect technical support and a brand‑curated catalog with sales through distributors and retailers, guiding customers to the right part and partner

Bruno Volponi Lucchesi · 17 min read