Industrial Engineering Applications in Emerging Countries - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367783622 ISBN 13: 9780367783624

Publisher: CRC Press, 2021

Synopsis

The second volume of a three-volume series on global logistics management, this book focuses on recent developments and implementations of operations research techniques on selected logistic problems in emerging countries. The book covers topics ranging from quality management in pharmaceutical supply chains to risk analysis of maritime ports and identifies quality management practices that impact supply chain performance using empirical data from pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Pakistan. It provides case studies and discusses the application of IE tools.

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About the Author

Bahar Yetis Kara is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Bilkent University.

Dr. Kara holds an M.S. and Ph.D. degree from Bilkent University Industrial Engineering Department, and she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at McGill University in Canada.

Dr. Kara was awarded with "Research Excellence in Ph.D. Studies" by INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Science) UPS-SOLA.

In 2008, Dr. Kara was awarded with TUBA-GEBIP (National Young Researchers Career Development Grant) reward. She attended the World Economic Forum in China in 2009. With her research and projects, IAP (Inter Academy Panel) and TWAS (The Academy of Science for the Developing World) awarded her with IAP Young Researchers Grant. Dr. Kara was elected as an associate member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2012. She has been acting as a reviewer for the top research journals within her field. Her current research interests include distribution logistics, humanitarian logistics, hub location and hub network design, and hazardous material logistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367783622
• ISBN 13: 9780367783624
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Sabuncuoglu Ihsan, Kara Bahar Y., Bidanda Bopaya