Volume 14, Number 01

September 18, 2007

Volume 14, Number 01
IE Students Win Awards and Influence Two Giant Companies!
 

Two teams from Bilkent University's Industrial Engineering Department ranked first and second in a student project competition at the 27th National Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Conference (YA/EM) in İzmir. In total there were 35 projects from over 20 Turkish universities. "Market Analysis and Network Design for Demijohn Water", a project for the Coca Cola Company that allowed them to successfully introduce their "Damla" brand of bottled water into the Ankara market took first prize. The team was made up of Sezgin Ayabakan, Ayşe Çelik, Ezgi Erdoğan, Ceylan Karakan, Serkan Koçak and Dinçer Konur. The next time you find yourself enjoying a bottle of "Damla", remember that an award winning team of Bilkent students made it possible!

Second prize went to a project entitled "Hybrid System Design for the Distribution of Unilever Products to Retailers with Low Revenue." Efe Burak Bozkaya, Ersin Körpeoğlu,

Emre Nadar, and Derya Sever developed a more streamlined, efficient way of getting Unilever products into more stores. Thanks to this bright group of Bilkent students, the Unilever Company has been able to reach an additional 1182 retailers!

Congratulations to all team members involved! Your hard work has changed the way two major companies do business in Turkey.