Browsing by Author "Ada, Nesrin"

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Citation - WoS: 93
Citation - Scopus: 152
Analyzing Barriers of Circular Food Supply Chains and Proposing Industry 4.0 Solutions
(MDPI, 2021) Nesrin Ada; Yigit Kazancoglu; Muruvvet Deniz Sezer; Cigdem Ede-Senturk; Idil Ozer; Mangey Ram; Ozer, Idil; Sezer, Muruvvet Deniz; Ram, Mangey; Ede-Senturk, Cigdem; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Ada, Nesrin
The concept of the circular economy (CE) has gained importance worldwide recently since it offers a wider perspective in terms of promoting sustainable production and consumption with limited resources. However few studies have investigated the barriers to CE in circular food supply chains. Accordingly this paper presents a systematic literature review of 136 papers from 2010 to 2020 from WOS and Scopus databases regarding these barriers to understand CE implementation in food supply chains. The barriers are classified under seven categories: cultural business and business finance regulatory and governmental technological managerial supply-chain management knowledge and skills. The findings show the need to identify barriers preventing the transition to CE. The findings also indicate that these challenges to CE can be overcome through Industry 4.0 which includes a variety of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) cloud technologies machine learning and blockchain. Specifically machine learning can offer support by making workflows more efficient through the forecasting and analytical capabilities of food supply chains. Blockchain and big data analytics can provide the necessary support to establish legal systems and improve environmental regulations since transparency is a crucial issue for taxation and incentives systems. Thus CE can be promoted via adequate laws policies and innovative technologies.
Citation - WoS: 35
Citation - Scopus: 71
Blockchain technology for enhancing traceability and efficiency in automobile supply chain—a case study
(MDPI, 2021) Nesrin Ada; Manavalan Ethirajan; Anil Kumar; K. E.K. Vimal; Simon Peter Nadeem; Yigit Kazancoglu; K. Jayakrishna; Vimal, K. E. K.; Kandasamy, Jayakrishna; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Ada, Nesrin; Kumar, Anil; Nadeem, Simon Peter; Ethirajan, Manavalan
A robust traceability system would help organizations in inventory optimization reduce lead time and improve customer service and quality which further enables the organizations to be a leader in their industry sector. This research study analyzes the challenges faced by the automotive industry in its supply chain operations. Further the traceability issues and waiting time at different nodes of the supply chain are considered to be priority issues that affect the overall supply chain efficiency in the automotive supply chain. After studying the existing blockchain architectures and their implementation methodology this study proposes a new blockchain-based architecture to improve traceability and reduce waiting time for the automotive supply chain. A hyper ledger fabric-based blockchain architecture is developed to track the ownership transfers in inbound and out-bound logistics. The simulation results of the proposed hyper ledger fabric-based blockchain architecture show that there is an improvement in the traceability of items at different nodes of the supply chain that enhances the Inventory Quality Ratio (IQR) and the mean waiting time is reduced at the factory wholesaler and retailer which thereby improves the overall supply chain efficiency. The blockchain embedded supply chain is more capable to eliminate the risks and uncertainties associated with the automotive supply chain. The benefits of adopting blockchain technology in the automotive supply chain are also described. The developed blockchain-based framework is capable to get more visibility into goods movement and inventory status in automotive supply chains. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation - WoS: 8
Citation - Scopus: 13
Quality function deployment application for improving quality of education in business schools
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2017) Muhittin Sagnak; Nesrin Ada; Yigit Kazancoglu; Cansu Tayaksi; Sagnak, Muhittin; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Tayaksi, Cansu; Ada, Nesrin
There is an increasing competition between universities globally to attract students. At this point to compete it is imperative for the universities to improve the quality of education provided for their stakeholders including students parents and employers. For improving the quality of education first of all the universities should make efforts to understand stakeholder expectations by analyzing their needs and wants. For this purpose the authors incorporated the quality function deployment technique with fuzzy analytical network process. Due to the vagueness present in the evaluation of relative importance of the criteria for higher education fuzzy set theory is integrated.
Utilization of Strategic Marketing in Nonprofit Sector - Evidence from Turkish Nonprofit Organizations
(Ege Univ, FAC Economics & Admin Sciences, 2022) Ige Pirnar; Nesrin ADA; HÜSEYIN OZAN ALTIN; Altin, Huseyin Ozan; Pirnar, Ige; Ada, Nesrin
Marketing has always been an important research topic for researchers and practitioners where it often focuses on the private sector and commercial businesses marketing of non-profit organizations is gaining more importance recently. The reason is non-profit organizations are competing with each other in order to attract new volunteers allure financial donors and build up their reputation. To achieve these aforementioned objectives strategic marketing is an invaluable concept that can be utilized by non-profit organizations to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Within this context aim of this paper is analyze how non-profit organizations in Aegean Region in Turkey incorporate strategic marketing aspects into their organization’s marketing plans. To achieve this aim semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with the chair boards managers and marketing managers of non-profit organizations located in Aegean Region in Turkey. Overall 6 in-depth interviews were conducted. Result of the study revealed that non-profit organizations in this study are aware of the strategic marketing concept and utilize some of its aspects in their marketing activities albeit not deliberately. Findings also indicate that internal situational analyses are widely used while planning marketing activities but not external ones. Numerous suggestions and managerial implications are provided for better utilizations of strategic marketing concept. Limitations and future recommendations are mentioned.
Vitality of Strategic Museum Management: An Application from Turkish Museums
(2022) Ige Pirnar; Nesrin ADA; HÜSEYIN OZAN ALTIN; Altın, Hüseyın Ozan; Pirnar, Ige; Ada, Nesrin
Collecting protecting and presenting a diverse range of objects can be considered as one of the main purposes of the museums. Similar to many other non-profit organizations management aspect of museums is often ignored or overlooked up until the beginning of 21st century. However with the innovative managerial practices impact of globalization and inter-connected entertainment sector forced the museums to integrate strategic management practices into their operations. Within this context study aims to discover the managerial perspective of the visited-oriented museums in Turkey and explore whether they are embracing or employing strategic management principles or not. To achieve this aim 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with the museum managers. Results highlights the contemporary administrative structures of Turkish museums which yields valuable information. Numerous managerial implications and future recommendations are provided for the effective management of museums.