Monthly archives: June, 2021

7 June 2021 – Article: Embracing supply base complexity: The contingency role of strategic purchasing

Our recent research about supply base complexity has been published as online first in International Journal of Operations and Production Management. In this research, we find that supply base complexity sub-dimensions (detail and dynamic complexity) exert varying effects on purchasing performance. We also illustrate that strategic purchasing enables mitigating the negative effects and leveraging the …

31 May 2021 – Conference: EDSI 2021 conference presentation

We presented our research titled “Unraveling the effects of strategic purchasing on sustainability performance: The role of supplier integration and supply base complexity” at the 11th Annual Meeting of the European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI). This is a joint work with Davide Luzzini from EADA Business School.

14 May 2021 – Article: Order from chaos: A meta-analysis of supply chain complexity and firm performance

Our recent research about supply chain complexity (meta-analysis) has been published as online first in Journal of Supply Chain Management. We find that supply chain complexity is not always detrimental: the effects vary across supply chain complexity and performance (sub)dimensions. Thus, managers should encourage cross-functional decision-making to assess the trade-offs carefully and manage supply chain complexity …

20 January 2021 – Concluding PMBA Operations Management course

Last Sunday we successfully concluded the Operations Management course of the Professional MBA program. A big thank you goes to 80 ambitious Sabanci University PMBA’21 students who survived 36 hours of online lectures and discussions, GSCM simulation, panel with guest speakers, active participation to the discussion forum, in-class exercises, and a 3-hour exam! I’m proud of them …

26 December 2020 – Guest lecture: The Impact of Covid-19 on Supply Chains

As part of the Operations Management course in our Professional MBA program we discussed the role of Covid-19 on supply chains. I would like to sincerely thank our panelists Tugrul Günal from TEDAR – Tedarik Zinciri Yönetimi Derneği and Dr. Ismail Karakis from PwC Turkey for illustrating how the pandemic can be an opportunity rather than a threat.

7 August 2020 – Conference: AOM 2020 conference asynchronous presentation

We submitted the narrated video presentation of our paper titled “Order from chaos: A meta-analysis of supply chain complexity and firm performance” for the asynchronous presentation at the Academy of Management 2020 conference. See the abstract at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings.

5 June 2020 – Article: Preparing for supply risks in light of COVID-19

The Covid-19 crisis once again showed managers the need for purchasing to be represented at the board level and the importance of preparing for supply risks. Covid-19 might be unlike any other supply chain disruption in the near past; however, it is for sure that it will not be the last. So, how can companies prepare for …

13 November 2019 – Conference: Supply Chain Management in the Defense Industry

Organized in cooperation with ASELSAN and the Supply Chain Management Association of Turkey (TEDAR), the “Supply Chain Management and the Role of Nationalization and Digitization in the Defense Industry” conference was held in Ankara on 13 November 2019. Approximately 250 people consisting of the main players of the defense industry and TEDAR members attended the …