[Iefac.list] Bilkent University, 14th Annual Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics (Webinar Series)

[M. Selim Akturk]

Bilkent University
14th Annual Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics (Webinar Series)
May 29, June 5, June 12, 2020
Department of Industrial Engineering, Ankara, Turkey


We are pleased to invite researchers and practitioners working in the 
areas of supply chain management and logistics to the 14th Annual 
Workshop on Supply Chain and Logistics, which will be held as a series 
of webinars due to the pandemic this year.

There will be three webinars on the following dates:

• Friday, May 29, 2020 at 13:30 (Ankara, GMT +3 hours)
Speaker: Atalay Atasu, INSEAD
Title: Leasing, Modularity, and the Circular Economy

• Friday, June 5, 2020 at 13:30 (Ankara, GMT +3 hours)
Speaker: Feryal Erhun, University of Cambridge
Title: Multi-Tiered Supply Chain Risk Management

• Friday, June 12, 2020 at 13:30 (Ankara, GMT +3 hours)
Speaker: Stefan Minner, Technical University of Munich
Title: Data-Driven Optimization for Commodity Procurement under Price 
Uncertainty

There is no registration fee for the workshop. However, the ones who are 
interested in this event are requested to register through Eventbrite 
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bilkent-university-14th-annual-workshop-on-supply-chain-and-logistics-webinar-series-registration-86483461361). 
The zoom activity link will be shared with the registered participants 
on the day of the event via e-mail.

The details of the first event are provided below.

Webinar 1: “Leasing, Modularity, and the Circular Economy”

May 29, 2020 at 13:30 (Ankara, GMT +3 hours)
Speaker: Atalay Atasu, INSEAD

Abstract: We investigate the economic and environmental implications of 
jointly implementing leasing and modularity, two prominent circular 
economy strategies, and their interaction. We develop a durable goods 
model to obtain insights for firms considering the use of these 
strategies. We first analyze the effect of adopting leasing on a firm's 
product architecture choice. We find that a modular product architecture 
is more attractive under leasing only if off-lease products depreciate 
to a greater extent. We next analyze the effect of adopting a modular 
product architecture on the firm's business model choice. We find that 
adopting a modular architecture can cause a leasing firm to switch to 
selling, but will not lead a selling firm to switch to leasing. Building 
on these results, we show that leasing a modular product is preferred by 
the firm only under limited conditions, i.e., when production costs are 
low, off-lease products are in relatively better condition, and when 
there is a large difference between depreciation levels of different 
modules. Finally, we show that jointly implementing leasing and 
modularity can also lead to higher environmental impact than only 
adopting leasing or modularity in isolation.

Bio: Bianca and James Pitt Chair in Environmental Sustainability and 
Technology and Operations Management Professor of Operations Management 
at INSEAD, Atalay Atasu (PhD INSEAD, 2007) teaches sustainability and 
fundamentals of operations and supply chain management to a variety of 
business audiences. His research focus is on sustainable operations 
management, and his interests include the circular economy, extended 
producer responsibility and environmental regulation; and his 
publications appeared in top business journals such as Harvard Business 
Review, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations 
Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Industrial 
Ecology, and California Management Review. He is the recipient of a 
number of research awards, including the Responsible Research Award of 
the MSOM Society (2019), Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award of the POM 
Society (winner 2007, runner up 2014),Wickham Skinner Early Career 
Research Award (2012), and Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability 
(2013). He serves as a Department editor for POMS, and Associate Editor 
for the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Journal.



Please contact the organizers for further questions:

Çağın Ararat cararat at bilkent.edu.tr
Firdevs Ulus firdevs at bilkent.edu.tr


-- 
M. Selim Akturk
Professor & Chair
Dept. of Industrial Engineering
Bilkent University
06800 Ankara, Turkey

Phone:(90) 312-2901210