BARIS YALABIK
Department of Business Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
350 Wohlers Hall
1206 S Sixth St.
Champaign, IL, 61820, USA
Email: yalabik@uiuc.edu
URL: netfiles.uiuc.edu/yalabik/www
Phone: + 1 217 365-9924
EDUCATION
PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Business Administration (Defended: August 2005)
Major Field: Operations Management
Dissertation Title: Product Returns in Closed Loop Demand Chains
Dissertation Co-Advisors: Prof. Dilip Chhajed, Prof. Nicholas C. Petruzzi
Minor Field: Economic Modeling
MBA Middle East Technical University, Department of Management, 1999
Master’s Thesis: The Application of TQM Principles to Middle East Technical University
BS
Middle East Technical University, 1997
Major Field: Mechanical Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Product design and sales contracting in remanufacturing
Product refund policies
Interaction of environmental/social responsibility with profitability
Coordination of strategic and operational decisions
TEACHING INTERESTS
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Operations Management / Operations Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing Planning and Control
Sustainable Operations / Environmentally conscious manufacturing
Spreadsheet modeling for decision making
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
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Advanced Graduate Teaching Certificate, 2006 (expected)
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Graduate Teaching Certificate, 2004
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Campus Teaching Recognition (for BADM 274), 2003
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University of Illinois Fellowship, 2000
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University of Illinois Fellowship, 1999
CV for Baris Yalabik
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Refereed Publications
Yalabik, B., N.C. Petruzzi and D. Chhajed, 2005,
“An Integrated Product Returns Model with Logistics and Marketing Coordination”
European Journal of Operational Research, 161(1), 16 February 2005, 162-182.
Abstract: We develop an integrated approach for analyzing logistics and marketing decisions within
the context of designing an optimal returns system for a retailer servicing two distinct market
segments. At the operational level, we show that the optimal refund price is not unique. We also show
that any improvement to the returns system that results in increased logistical efficiency or marketing
effectiveness will be accompanied by an increase in the selling price of the product. At the strategic
level, we show that if the retailer does not coordinate its logistics and marketing efforts to improve
the overall returns system, then it will tend to over-invest in one of the functions and under-invest in
the other.
Work-in-Progress
Yalabik, B., D. Chhajed and N.C. Petruzzi,
“Key Drivers of Remanufacturing Economics”
Abstract: We address three research questions: First, what cost and market conditions induce a firm to
adopt remanufacturing? Second, given that is profitable, how friendly is remanufacturing towards the
environment? Third, how does the adoption of remanufacturing influence the customers in the
market? We answer these questions through solving for the optimal product selection and sales
contract decisions of a firm operating in new and remanufactured goods markets. We find that
products that gradually provide value to customers are better candidates for remanufacturing. Also,
the firm’s most profitable option is seldom the greenest option, while customer surplus usually agrees
with profitability. Finally, we find that the optimal flexibility provided by the sales contract to
customers depends on which market - new or remanufactured goods – has larger margins and smaller
price elasticity.
Conference Presentations
“Key Drivers of Remanufacturing Economics”
DSI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2005
“Key Drivers of Remanufacturing Economics”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2005
“Firm vs. Customer Selection of Sales Contract Parameters in Remanufacturing”
POMS Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, May 2005
“Firm vs. Customer Selection of Sales Contract Parameters in Remanufacturing”
DSI Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2004
“Firm vs. Customer Selection of Sales Contract Parameters in Remanufacturing”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 2004
“Optimal Sales Contracting for Remanufacturers”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2003
“Product and Sales Contract Design in Remanufacturing”
EURO/INFORMS Joint Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2003
“Product and Sales Contract Design in Remanufacturing”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Jose, California, November 2002
“An Integrated Product Returns Model with Logistics and Marketing Coordination”
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, November 2001
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CV for Baris Yalabik
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999 – Present: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Business Administration
Primary Instructor
Manufacturing Planning and Control: Practice and Models (BADM 568) - MBA course
- Teaching with full responsibility in Fall 2005
- Course focus: The dynamics of the interactions between inventory planning, capacity
planning, and production scheduling, utilizing a combination of theory and simulation.
- Teaching effectiveness score not yet available
Enterprise Process Integration & Dynamics (BADM 376) - Senior level course
- Taught with full responsibility in Spring 2005
- Course focus: Basics of supply chain management, pull vs. push systems, operations
scheduling, project scheduling, and facility layout and location.
- Teaching effectiveness score: 3.9/5
Production (BADM 375) - Senior level course
- Taught in the Fall 2003 semester with full teaching responsibility
- Course focus: Operations management basics, including project management, process
management, product design and process selection, and quality management.
- Teaching effectiveness score: 3.6/5
Operations Research (BADM 374) - Junior and senior level course
- Taught 5 times with full teaching responsibility
- Campus Teaching Recognition, Summer 2003
- Course focus: Modeling and solution of managerial decision-making problems using
spreadsheets. Tools discussed include linear programming, decision trees, queuing
models, simulation.
- Average teaching effectiveness score: 4/5 for last 3 semesters, 3.6/5 for all semesters
Co-Teaching
Process Management (BADM 467) - Graduate course in the Master’s of Accounting Program
- Taught with Professors Dilip Chhajed and Nick Petruzzi in Summer 2004, 2005
- Course focus: Description of different business processes, how an operations manager
handles these processes, and how the operations function interacts with the other
functions of a firm.
- Average teaching effectiveness score (for portion taught with full responsibility): 4.2/5
TA for BADM 256 Business Process Modeling and BADM 466 Supply Chain Management
1999 – 2003: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Teaching Excellence
Semi-Annual All-Campus TA Orientation
- Facilitated group sessions in 4 orientations
- Topics: lesson planning, valuing diversity, classroom questioning, problem solving
1997 – 1999: Middle East Technical University, Department of Management
Managerial Behavior (MAN 210) - full teaching responsibility
Computer Laboratory (MAN 105) - 3 times with full teaching responsibility
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CV for Baris Yalabik
SERVICE EXPERIENCE
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Conference reviewer for the DSI Annual Meeting, 2004.
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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Business Administration, 1999-Present
- Currently serving on the Educational Policy Committee
- Served on the Graduate Students Advisory Committee for 4 semesters
Duties: Communicated the concerns of PhD students to department administration
- Served on the Graduate Studies Committee for 4 semesters
Duties: Represented PhD students in departmental decisions, contributed to “PhD Handbook”
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Middle East Technical University, Department of Management, 1997-1999
- Academic Advisor for freshmen and sophomores for 3 semesters
Duties: Advised students on classes to be taken and career choices while providing an open
communication line between students and the department administration
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
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Intern at GEC Alsthom – Galmek circuit breaker production plant (Quality Dept), Summer 1996
Intern at FIAT – Turk Traktor tractor production plant (Manufacturing Dept), Summer 1995
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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Member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- Member of the MSOM Society
Member of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
REFERENCES
Prof. Dilip Chhajed
Phone: + 1 217 333-3778
Email: chhajed@uiuc.edu
Prof. Nicholas C. Petruzzi
Phone: + 1 217 333-9578
Email: petruzzi@uiuc.edu
Prof. Huseyin Leblebici
Phone: + 1 217 333-4512
Email: hleblebi@uiuc.edu
Mailing address for all references:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Business Administration
350 Wohlers Hall
1206 S Sixth Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA
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