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Enver Yucesan

Professor of Operations Management

Biography

Enver Yücesan is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD.

His research is at the interface of simulation, optimization, and statistics. More specifically, he focuses on complementing the modelling power of computer simulation with efficient analysis methodologies to study the dynamic behaviour of complex systems such as supply chains and social networks, which, in turn, enables robust design and effective management of these ecosystems. More recently, he has been focusing on agricultural supply chains to address key challenges such as identification of robust parent seeds, farmer contracting, small holder management, and production and inventory planning under increasing volatility driven by population dynamics and climate change.

Over the past three decades, he has also been actively serving the simulation community at large in various editorial and administrative positions; in recognition of his contributions, the INFORMS Simulation Society recently presented Enver with its Distinguished Service Award. He has also been elected as an INFORMS Fellow in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of Operations Research and Management Science. He is currently serving as one of the Department Editors in the Supply Chain & Logistics focused issue of IISE Transactions.

He is an industrial engineer with a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University.

Enver Yücesan is the Academic Director of the Supply Chain Management programme.

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Operations

Is Transshipment More Cost-Effective Than Hubs?

Enver Yücesan

Drones, self-driving vehicles and other technologies have made shipping stock between locations a viable alternative to obtaining them from a centralised facility.

Operations

What Fuels Rumours and How to Put Them Out

Enver Yücesan

Unfounded rumours can be spread far and wide by anyone who knows their way around social media. We can’t stamp it out but we can – and should – fight fire with fire.

Operations

Product Design in the Age of Variety

Consumers want more variety than ever before. This means product design needs to be rethought to avoid multiple and costly production lines.

Leadership & Organisations

Join Forces to Make Business Sustainable

Pragmatic collaborations can take sustainability from obligation to opportunity.