Cansu Tayaksi

Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences

Dr. Cansu Tayaksi is an assistant professor of administrative sciences specializing in supply chain management, business analytics, and social sustainability. She has previous teaching experience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she worked as a postdoctoral associate. While at MIT, she was supporting the supply chain management master’s program at the Center for Transportation & Logistics and worked on an initiative aimed at increasing the survival of micro and small businesses in developing countries by leveraging their business and supply chain management capabilities. In 2014, Dr. Tayaksi was awarded $35,000 in grant funding by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey to support her entrepreneurial effort to cofound a company that used smart devices to optimize warehouse processes.

Research Interests

Courses

Scholarly Works

Book Chapters

López, S. B., Chaudhry, M. S., and Tayaksi, C. “Optimizing Supply Chain Networks for Specialty Coffee.” In Engineering Analytics (CRC Press, 2021): 217–233.

Velázquez-Martínez, J. C., and Tayaksi, C. “Supply chain management for micro and small firms in Latin America.” In Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Emerging Markets (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020): 197–214.

Papers Published in the Journals Monitored by SCI, SSCI, and ESCI

Tayaksi, C., Ada, E., Kazancoglu, Y., and Sagnak, M. “The Financial Impacts of Information Systems Security Breaches on Publicly Traded Companies: Reactions of different sectors.” Journal of Enterprise Information Management 35, no. 2 (2021): 650–668.

Tayaksi, C., Sagnak, M., and Kazancoglu Y. “A New Holistic Conceptual Framework for Leanness Assessment.” International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 5, no. 4 (2020): 567–590.

Sagnak, M., Ada, N., Kazancoglu, Y., and Tayaksi, C. “Quality Function Deployment Application for Improving Quality of Education in Business Schools.” Journal of Education for Business 92, no. 5 (2017): 230–237.

Papers Published in the National Peer-Reviewed Journals of Turkey

Tayaksi, C., Ada, E., and Kazançoğlu, Y. “Bulut Üretim: İşlemler Yönetiminde Yeni Bir Bulut Bilişim Modeli (Cloud Manufacturing: A new Cloud Computing model in Operations Management).” Ege Academic Review vol. 16, (2016): 71–84.

Other Papers

Tayaksi, C., and Velázquez-Martínez, J. C. “Viking Cleaning and Cosmetics Inc.: From Micro Business to Export Leader.” Case study, 2020.

Velázquez-Martínez, J. C., Tayaksi, C., Castañon, X., Builes, R., Escamilla, R., Larco, J., … and Mora Quiñones, C. “MIT GeneSys: Leveraging Supply Chain Management and Business Practices in Micro and Small Firms. Data Collection Guidelines—Version 5.0.” White paper, MIT, Cambridge (2018).

Papers Published or Presented in National/International Conferences

Tayaksi, C., Velázquez-Martínez, JC., Paulino, R., Pereira Nunes, R. “A Supply Chain Framework to Improve Survival and Productivity of Small Firms in Developing Countries: A Case Study in Latin America”. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix – USA, November 4-7, 2018.

Tayaksi, C., Dobrucali, B. “Eliminating Muda and Increasing Level of Service in Airports: A New Model Using iBeacon Technology” IX. European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences, Paris, February 3- 6, 2016.

Tayaksi, C., Ada, E., Kazançoğlu, Y. “İşlemler Yönetiminde Bulut Bilişim Uygulamaları (Cloud Computing Service Models in Operations Management)”. The 15th Symposium on Production Research (ÜAS 2015), Ege University, Izmir, October 2015, p.715-723.

Ada, E., Kazançoğlu, Y., Sağnak, M., Tayaksi, C. “Usage of Six Sigma DMAIC methodology for performing Bottleneck Analysis”, 32nd National Congress on Operations Research and Industrial Engineering (YAEM 2012), Doğuş University, Istanbul, June 2012, p. 221.

Workshops and Other Presentations

“Supply Chain Management for Micro and Small firms in Latin America.” Keynote at CONITII 2021 (VII Congreso Internacional de Innovacion y Tendencias en Ingenieria), Bogota, Colombia, October 10, 2021.

“Prioritization of Supply Chain Management Practices for Micro and Small Firms in Developing Countries.” Keynote at MIT GeneSys Fest, Cambridge, Mass., December 4, 2020.

“Improving Survival of Small Firms in Developing Countries: A New Framework for Leveraging Supply Chain Management and Business Practices.” Presentation at MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics’ Research Seminar, Cambridge, Mass., October 30, 2018.

“The $100 Question: Supply Chain Priorities for Small Firms.” Presentation at MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics’ CTL-CORPS Talk, Cambridge, Mass., October 10, 2018.

“Improving Survival Rate of Small Firms In Latin America: A case study in Aguascalientes, Mexico.” Presentation in collaboration with Josue C. Velázquez Martínez and Denise Chin, MIT Enterprise Forum Mexico—Start Smart Mexico, Aguascalientes, Mexico, August 31, 2018.

“Improving Productivity and Survival of Small firms at Latin America.” Presentation in collaboration with Josue C. Velázquez Martínez, National Institute of Entrepreneurship of Mexico (INADEM), Mexico City, Mexico, March 20, 2018.

National and International Projects

“BEST: Business Education for Sustainability – Teaching Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Local and Regional Development.” EU Project (2014–2017).

“Improving the Global Competitiveness of Turkish SMEs—Plastics Industry.” Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy (2012–2013).

“Improving the Global Competitiveness of Turkish SMEs—Shoe Industry.” Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy (2012–2013).

“iSIMPLY—Innovative Social Media Pedagogy Learning Pathways.” EU Project (2012–2013).

“VALEU—Validation of immigrants’ vocational skills and competencies in tourism and services as an integration warrant in the EU.” EU Project (2011–2012).

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