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Sinan Çam, Support and Transportation Services Manager,
was invited to speak to the engineering students
(IE-496) about his experiences as an industrial
engineer, and to inform students about practical
applications for their theoretical industrial
engineering knowledge.
A graduate of Bilkent’s Department of Industrial
Engineering, Sinan Çam assumed a managerial position
with the university. As the Transportation Services
Manager, one of his primary responsibilities was to make
the shuttles run regularly and efficiently. "An
industrial engineer first analyzes the behavior of
demand such as seasonal changes in this case, and then
applies the appropriate model to forecast the demand,
such as to schedule the required number of service
runs", said Çam. To establish an efficient
transportation system, six weeks of sampling was
conducted counting the number of people using the
shuttles at various times of the day from different
points of the city. "Currently, there are 460 service
runs a day during weekdays, transporting 15,500 people
between 7:25 a.m. and 12 a.m. (7:25-24:00
hours)" Çam explained. Each term, the established system
is monitored and updated to improve transportation
needs.
Sinan Çam, in his capacity as the Support Services
Manager, is also responsible for maintaining quality
services while minimizing the cost of purchases. As Çam
explained to the students, in order to minimize
inventory costs, he applies the "periodic order cycle
policy" with the minimum order quantity approach.
Students responded enthusiastically to Çam’s encouraging
talk. They asked many questions regarding in which areas
they could apply their knowledge, and also detailed
questions about Çam’s industrial engineering practices.
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