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Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mehmet Soysal

Email:mehmetsoysal@hacettepe.edu.tr
WEB Page:https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=A53vK5AAAAAJ
Division:Operations Management
Academic Interests:Matematiksel Programlama, Lojistik Sistemlerin Tasarımı ve Analizi, Tedarik Zinciri Analizi, Optimizasyon, Sürdürülebilirlik






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Educational Background

  • Lisans Hacettepe Üniversitesi - İşletme Bölümü, 2002 - 2007
  • Yüksek Lisans Hacettepe Üniversitesi - Üretim Yönetimi ve Sayısal Yöntemler, 2008 - 2010
  • Doktora Wageningen Üniversitesi, Hollanda - Yöneylem ve Lojistik , 2011 - 2015

Papers

    SCI, SSCI, AHCI, SCI-E, ESCI Indexed Journal

  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, S. Belbağ, 2020; "Pickup and delivery with electric vehicles under stochastic battery depletion", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Issue: 146, [SCI-E].
  • M. Ömürgönülşen, C. Eryiğit, Ö.Ö.Tektaş, M.Soysal, 2020; "Enhancing the Quality of a Higher Education Course: The Quality Function Deployment Methodology and Kano Model Integration", Journal of Higher Education, [ESCI].
  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, S. Belbağ, E. Toğrul, 2019; "A Review on Sustainable Inventory Routing", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Issue: 132, Page: 395-411, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, M. Ömürgönülşen, S. Belbağ, 2019; "Performance Comparison of Two Recent Heuristics for Green Time Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem", International Journal of Business Analytics, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, [ESCI].
  • M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, R. Haijema, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst, 2018; "Modeling a green inventory routing problem for perishable products with horizontal collaboration", Computers and Operations Research, Issue: 89, Page: 168-182, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, E. Demir, 2018; "On the mathematical modeling of green one-to-one pickup and delivery problem with road segmentation", Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue: 174, Page: 1664-1678, [SCI-E].
  • Ç. Sel, M. Soysal, M. Çimen, 2017; "A green model for the catering industry under demand uncertainty", Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue: 167, Page: 459-472, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, 2017; "A Simulation Based Restricted Dynamic Programming Approach for the Green Time Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem", Computers and Operations Research, Issue: 88, Page: 297-305, [SCI-E].
  • M. Çimen, M. Soysal, 2017; "Time-Dependent Green Vehicle Routing Problem With Stochastic Vehicle Speeds: An Approximate Dynamic Programming Algorithm", Transportation Research Part D, Issue: 54, Page: 82-98, [SCI-E].
  • M.Soysal, 2016; "Closed-loop Inventory Routing Problem for Returnable Transport Items ", Transportation Research Part D, Issue: 48, Page: 31-45, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, T. Bektaş, 2015; "The time-dependent two-echelon capacitated vehicle routing problem with environmental considerations", International Journal of Production Economics, Issue: 164, Page: 366-378, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, R. Haijema, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst, 2015; "Modeling an inventory routing problem for perishable products with environmental considerations and demand uncertainty", International Journal of Production Economics, Issue: 164, Page: 118-133, [SCI-E].
  • M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst , 2014; "Modelling food logistics networks with emission considerations: The case of an international beef supply chain", International Journal of Production Economics, Issue: 152, Page: 57-70, [SCI-E].

    • National Indexed Journal

  • S. Belbağ, M. Çimen, M. Soysal , 2020; "A Scenario Analysis on the Effect of Industry 4.0 on Inventory Costs in Production Systems ", Verimlilik Dergisi, Issue: 2, Page: 125-143, [Ulakbim].
  • N.S. Pamuk, M. Soysal, 2018; "A research on new industrial revolution Industry 4.0", Verimlilik Dergisi, Page: 41-66, [Ulakbim].
  • M. Soysal, M. Çimen, S. Belbağ, 2018; "The effect of fixed production setup cost on inventory optimisation under process flexibility", Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Issue: 36, Page: 117-139, [Ulakbim].
  • M. Soysal; M. Çimen, 2017; "On the Inventory Cost Performances of Process Flexibility Designs Under Various Demand Patterns ", Finance Politics And Economic Reviews, Volume: 54, Issue: 633, Page: 83-95, [Ulakbim].
  • M. Çimen, S. Belbağ, M. Soysal, 2016; "An Approximate Dynamic Programming Heuristic for the Capacitated Stochastic Inventory Problem", Gazi Journal of Economics and Business, Issue: 2, Page: 43-64, [Ulakbim].
  • M. Çimen, S. Belbağ, M. Soysal, 2016; "Production Flexibility and Inventory Management: A Decision Support Model For Inventory Optimization", Journal of Business Research-Turk, Issue: 8, Page: 360-379, [Ulakbim].
  • H. Calipinar, M. Soysal , 2010; "Application of Quality Function Deployment on a GSM Operator", Hacettepe University Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Issue: 2, Page: 95-115, [Ulakbim].
  • M. Soysal, M. Ömürgönülsen , 2010; "An Application on Demand Forecasting in the Turkish Tourism Industry", Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Issue: 21, Page: 128-136, [Ulakbim].

    • Other Journal

  • M. Soysal, 2016; "A Research on Non-Stationary Stochastic Demand Inventory Systems ", International Journal of Business and Social Science , Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 153-158, [Other Journal].
  • H. Calipinar, M. Soysal , 2012; "E-Procurement: A Case Study about the Health Sector in Turkey", International Journal of Business and Social Science, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Page: 232-244, [Other Journal].
  • M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, M.P.M. Meuwissen, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst , 2012; "A Review on Quantitative Models for Sustainable Food Logistics Management", International Journal on Food System Dynamics, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Page: 136-155, [Other Journal].

Books / Book Cheapters

  • Decision Support Modeling for Sustainable Food Logistics Management, M. Soysal, (http://edepot.wur.nl/344124) ; WageningenUniversity, 2015, Wageningen , ISBN: 9789462573055.

Congress and Symposium

  • 2020 - M.Soysal, "Toward Sustainable Logistics", ASBU Transportation & Logistics Workshop, Ankara.
  • 2017 - M.Soysal, M. Çimen, Ç. Sel, S. Belbağ, "The Time Dependent Vehicle Routing Problem: A Simulation Based Dynamic Programming Approach", International Conference on Operations Research, Berlin, Almanya.
  • 2016 - M.Soysal, "Closed-loop Inventory Routing Problem for Returnable Transport Items", 28th European Conference on Operational Research, Poznan, Poland.
  • 2015 - M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, R. Haijema, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst , "Modeling a green Inventory Routing Problem for perishable products with horizontal collaboration", POMS 26th Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA.
  • 2014 - M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, T. Bektaş,, "The time-dependent two-echelon capacitated vehicle routing problem with environmental considerations", IFORS, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2014 - M. Soysal, "The time-dependent two-echelon capacitated vehicle routing problem with emissions consideration", 39th conference on The mathematics of operations research, Lunteren, The Netherlands.
  • 2013 - M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst, "Minimizing emissions in the time and location dependent capacitated vehicle routing problem", European Conference on Operational Research, Rome, Italy.
  • 2012 - M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst, "An integrated model for sustainable food logistics management", European Conference on Operational Research, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • 2012 - M. Soysal, J.M. Bloemhof-Ruwaard, J.G.A.J. van der Vorst, "A Review of Quantitative Models for Sustainable Food Logistics Management: Challenges and Issues", System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria.

Projects

  • Step change in agri-food logistics ecosystems, Job: Phd Researcher, Duration: 1year, Supporting Organizations: INTERREG IVB North-West Europe, Beginning Year: 2014, Termination Year: 2015, Condition: Completed..
  • Knowledge-based sustainable value-added food chains: innovative tools for monitoring ethical, environmental and socio-economical impacts and implementing EU-Latin America shared strategies, Job: Phd Researcher, Duration: 3years, Supporting Organizations: European Commission under the 7th Framework Program theme: Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy http://www.salsaproject.eu/index.php, Beginning Year: 2011, Termination Year: 2015, Condition: Completed..

Professional Business Exprience

  • [2020], Hacettepe University, Assoc. Prof., Description: Operations Management.
  • [2018] - [2020], Hacettepe University, Asstn. Prof., Description: Operations Management.
  • [2011] - [2015], Wageningen University, The Netherlands, PhD Researcher, Description: Operations Research and Logistics Group.
  • [2009] - [2018], Hacettepe University, Research Assisstant, Description: Operations Management.

Awards

  • An outstanding PhD Thesis in the field of Sustainable Supply Chains, 2017, Corporation: The EURO Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chains.
  • Travel grant, 2012, Corporation: LEB Foundation Grant, LEB Foundation, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
  • Research assistantship , 2011, Corporation: Wageningen University.
  • National Scholarship Programme for Ph.D. Students, 2010, Corporation: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Award Type: Scholarship.
  • National Scholarship Programme for M.Sc. Students, 2008, Corporation: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Award Type: Scholarship.

Affiliations / Memberships

  • The Open Transportation Journal. Associate Editorial Board Member.
  • The Association of European Operational Research Society (EURO) working group on Sustainable Supply Chains. Member.