Browsing by Author "Ekici, Ali"
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An application of unrelated parallel machine scheduling with sequence-dependent setups at Vestel Electronic
Sarıkaya, Merve Burcu (2017-08)Vestel Electronics produces LCD/LED televisions and has a significant market share in consumer electronics sector in Europe. TV manufacturing is planned based on a make-to order strategy, and Vestel uses 15 assembly lines ... -
Coordinated inventory planning for humanitarian relief agencies
Karaca, Meserret (2016-07)Pre-positioning relief supplies in strategic locations around the world is essential for effective disaster response, especially during the critical 72 hours immediately following the disaster. Most of the existing studies ... -
Coordinating collection and appointment scheduling operations at the blood donation sites
Mobasher, A.; Ekici, Ali; Özener, Okan Örsan (Elsevier, 2015-09)According to the regulations imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Association of Blood Banks, in order to extract platelets, donated blood units have to be processed at a processing center ... -
Cyclic delivery schedules for an inventory routing problem
Ekici, Ali; Özener, Okan Örsan; Kuyzu, G. (Informs, 2015-11)We consider an inventory routing problem where a common vendor is responsible for replenishing the inventories of several customers over a perpetual time horizon. The objective of the vendor is to minimize the total cost ... -
An exact approach for a dynamic workforce scheduling problem
Koç, Ersin (2018-01)Taking into account the global and national rules and regulations, assigning a given number of employees to planned shifts while paying attention to required working hours, rest times and off day/days is one of the most ... -
Facility location with supplier selection under quantity discount
Emirhüseyinoğlu, Görkem (2017-07)The purpose of this study is to identify the locations of distribution facilities and choose the suppliers in a two echelon system where items are purchased from suppliers under quantity discount policy and distributed to ... -
Integrated blood collection and appointment scheduling
Mobasher, A.; Ekici, Ali; Özener, Okan Örsan (Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2012)Considering the processing requirements of donated blood, we study an integrated blood collection and appointment scheduling problem. We develop a mixed integer programming model to maximize the amount of donated blood ... -
Modeling influenza pandemic and planning food distribution
Ekici, Ali; Keskinocak, P.; Swann, J. L. (Informs, 2014)Based on the recent incidents of H5N1, H1N1, and influenza pandemics in history (1918, 1957, and 1968) experts believe that a future influenza pandemic is inevitable and likely imminent. Although the severity of influenza ... -
Pricing decisions in a strategic single retailer/dual suppliers setting under order size constraints
Ekici, Ali; Altan, Başak; Özener, Okan Örsan (Informa Group, 2016)In this paper, we study a duopolistic market of suppliers competing for the business of a retailer. The retailer sets the order cycle and quantities from each supplier to minimize its annual costs. Different from other ... -
Robust scheduling for parallel machines with sequence dependent setup times and uncertain breakdowns
Top, Ayşenur Betül (2017-08)In this study, machine scheduling activities in the plastic injection production facility of a company competing in electronic sector is investigated. The company designs the products and picks order from customers for ... -
Solving a modified TSP problem by a greedy heuristic for cost minimization
Çal, Murat (2017-06)Photographing a large area in an instant is only made possible by satellites. Satellites are able to help reducing the time required for the photographing/monitoring process, however, satellite images are not available all ... -
Transportation planning for the relief items distribution during an emergency
Emre, Çankaya (2017-01)We study the inventory slack routing problem (ISRP) to improve planning of distribution of the relief supplies, which is a critical issue in emergency preparedness and response. The authority officials construct their ...
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