Hakan Yildiz

Hakan Yildiz

Title

Chair, Department of Global Supply Chain Management
Associate Professor of Global Supply Chain Management

Phone

313-356-6860

Email

hakan@wayne.edu

Office

Mike Ilitch School of Business
2771 Woodward Avenue
Room 385
Detroit, MI 48201

Academic Programs

  • Global supply chain management

Hakan Yildiz

Biography

Hakan Yildiz has a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.

His research has appeared in Decision Sciences Journal, European Journal of Operational Research, Interfaces, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and Naval Research Logistics. He has done research projects in collaboration with several firms including Bosch, Dow Chemical Company, Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group, and Lear Corporation.

 

Education

• Ph.D., Industrial Administration (Operations Research), Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008.
• M.S., Industrial Administration (Operations Research), Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 2004.
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 2000.

Expertise

Research themes: Supply chain risk management and logistics optimization

Research topics: 1. Supply chain risk management during COVID-19, 2. Risk mitigation strategy efficiency evaluation and 3. Reliable supply chain design

AACSB specialty

Supply Chain/ Transport/ Logistics

Research and teaching interests

Research Interests: Supply chain risk management, logistics and transportation optimization, resource management in service operations, supply chain analytics, and talent supply chain management.

Teaching Interests: Logistics and Transportation Management, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management

Courses taught by Hakan Yildiz

Winter Term 2025 (future)

Fall Term 2024 (current)

Fall Term 2023

Winter Term 2023

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2022