Browsing by Author "Akyol D.E."

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    An integrated fuzzy approach for determining engineering characteristics in concrete industry
    (Bellwether Publishing, Ltd., 2011) Ertay T.; Akyol D.E.; Araz C.
    This paper deals with the modeling of conceptual knowledge to capture the major customer requirements effectively and to transform these requirements systematically into the relevant design requirements. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a well-known planning and problem-solving tool for translating customer needs (CNs) into the engineering characteristics (ECs) and can be employed for this modeling. In this study, an integrated methodology is presented to rank ECs for implementing QFD in a fuzzy environment. The proposed methodology uses fuzzy weighted average method as a fuzzy group decision making approach to fuse multiple preference rankings for determining the weights of the customer needs. It adopts a fuzzy Analytic Network Process (ANP) approach which enables the consideration of inner dependencies in a cluster as well as the interdependencies between the clusters to determine the importance of ECs. The proposed approach is illustrated through a case study in ready-mixed concrete industry. Copyright © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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    A game theoretical approach for a green supply chain: A case study in hydraulic-pneumatic industry
    (Growing Science, 2023) Kurt T.D.; Akyol D.E.
    As customers' orientation towards environmental products increases, manufacturers and other members of the supply chain are looking for ways to conduct their operations in an environmentally and cost-effective manner. To find a solution that compensates these requests, a game theoretical approach is developed for a two-stage green supply chain consisting of a supplier and a producer. A Stackelberg game model based on asymmetric information structure is developed to find the optimal lot sizes and raw material sales price for raw material supplier, and the product sales price and the environmental cost for the producer. The developed approach is illustrated on a real-world case study that deals with production and raw material procurement processes of a plastic plug and compared to a scenario in which no environmental expenditures exist. The effect of changes in the model has been observed by tuning some significant parameters with the experimental design approach. © 2023 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada.