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“In my research on Sustainable Supply Chains, I treat sustainability explicitly within the supply chain design and operations, without neglecting the economic aspects. This approach is very important, because the economic aspect of sustainability is essential to choices made by companies about the structure of their operations as well as policy decisions of governments.”
Research profile
Tarkan Tan is an associate professor in the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology TU/e. His research interests include inventory theory, capacity management, spare parts management, and supply chain management with a particular focus on sustainability.
Sustainability is an ever developing field: The process of making a supply chain truly sustainable can never have a well-defined endpoint. Instead, a more sustainable supply chain is one that is better at identifying current and future environmental and social impacts, and finding ways to mitigate those. Tarkan is currently working on problems such as where to exert sustainability efforts within the whole supply chain, behavioral aspects in sustainable demand planning, food waste minimization, and technology choices for transportation. He plans to continue working on the field of sustainable supply chains and strengthen this area within the TU/e.
Academic background
Tarkan Tan received his Ph.D. from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (2002). He spent one year at Columbia University, New York, as a Fulbright scholar. He joined TU/e as a post-doc researcher in 2003 and started working as an assistant professor the same year in the Operations, Planning, Accounting, and Control group. He is the director of the Operations Management and Logistics MSc program since April 2014. He has spent academic terms at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Sydney Business School as a visiting scholar. He serves at the boards of BETA Research School and the European Supply Chain Forum.
Tarkan serves as an associate editor for Mathematical Methods of Operations Research and has served as a guest editor for the International Journal of Production Economics. He has published articles in academic journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, and Transportation Science, and recently co-edited a book entitled “Sustainable Supply Chains: A Research-based Textbook on Operations and Strategy”.
Affiliated with
- Executive Master of Operations and Supply Chain Management program of TIAS School for Business and Society, Tilburg.
Partners in (semi-)industry
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- ASML
- Philips
- NedTrain
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Circular Business Model Maturation in Logistics 439.19.632
Tan, T., Tan, T. & Mullaoglu, G.
1/07/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research direct
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Integrated Maintenance and Service Logistics Concepts for Maritime Assets
van Houtum, G. J. A. N., van Houtum, G. J. A. N., Tan, T. & Eruguz-Çolak, A. S.
1/07/13 → 31/12/16
Project: Research direct
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Double-counting in supply chain carbon footprinting
Caro, F., Corbett, C. J., Tan, T. & Zuidwijk, R. A., 2013, In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 15, 4, p. 545-558 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Inventory control in a spare parts distribution system with emergency stocks and pipeline information
Howard, C., Marklund, J., Tan, T. & Reijnen, I. C., 19 Feb 2015, In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 17, 2, p. 142-156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Inventory control with multiple setup costs
Alp, O., Huh, W. T. & Tan, T., 2014, In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 16, 1, p. 89-103 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Carbon leakage: the impact of asymmetric regulation on carbon-emitting production
Huang, X. N., Tan, T. & Toktay, L. B., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Production and Operations Management. XX, XX, 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Switching transport modes to meet voluntary carbon emission targets
Hoen, K. M. R., Tan, T., Fransoo, J. C. & Houtum, van, G. J. J. A. N., 2014, In: Transportation Science. 48, 4, p. 592-608 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
39 Citations (Scopus)6 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best Lecturer in Operations Management and Logistics MSc program
Tan, Tarkan (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Lecturer in Operations Management and Logistics MSc program
Tan, Tarkan (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Fulbright Scholarship for Ph.D. studies at Columbia Business School
Tan, Tarkan (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Other › Scholarships › Scientific
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IISE Transactions 2019 Design & Manufacturing Best Paper Award
Topan, E. (Recipient), Tan, Tarkan (Recipient), van Houtum, Geert-Jan J.A.N. (Recipient) & Dekker, R. (Recipient), 18 May 2019
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Activities
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Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 2020 Annual Conference
Tarkan Tan (Organiser)
28 Jun 2020 → 30 Jun 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Conference › Scientific
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tarkan Tan (Visiting researcher)
Feb 2019Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
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Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Tarkan Tan (Visiting researcher)
Nov 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
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Otto Beisheim School of Management
Tarkan Tan (Visiting researcher)
Jun 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
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Bandung Institute of Technology
Tarkan Tan (Visiting researcher)
Feb 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
Courses
Press/Media
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Netherlands : Award: Accelerator 2020 grants funding to thirteen consortia within Top Sector Logistics.
27/05/21
1 item of Media coverage
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YouTube interview on supply chain sustainability (in Turkish)
28/05/20
1 Media contribution
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IE scholar 'for all the wrong reasons' earns institute's top honor
Geert-Jan van Houtum & Tarkan Tan
1/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
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RESEARCH: Inside IISE Journals
G.J.J.A.N. van Houtum & Tarkan Tan
1/02/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Melvin Drent receives the Dow Chemical Master’s Thesis Award
24/09/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment