Publications

[30] Kazaz, B., S. Webster, P. Yadav. 2023. Increasing the supply of health products in underserved regions. Forthcoming in Production and Operations Management. [https://bkazaz.expressions.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KWY-paper-final.pdf]

[29] Boyabatli, O., B. Kazaz, C. Tang. 2022. Agricultural supply chain management research: Operations and analytics in planting, selling and government interventions. Spring Series. Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81422-9 and e-book ISBN: 978-3-030-81423-6.

[28] Hekimoglu, M.H., J.H. Park, B. Kazaz. 2022. Service at risk in delivery operations. Forthcoming in Decision Sciences. [https://bkazaz.expressions.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HPK-20220525.pdf]

[This project is based on a project conducted for Staples]

[27] Gheibi, S., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. Capacity reservation and sourcing under exchange-rate uncertainty. Forthcoming in Decision Sciences. [GKW rev 20210427 web]

[26] Ayvaz-Çavdaroğlu, N., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2021. Agricultural cooperative pricing of premium product. Production and Operations Management 30(10) 3812-3830. [cavdaroglu kazaz webster POM 2021].

[This work is based on a collaboration with Tariş, an olive oil cooperative in Turkey with the second largest market share.]

[25] Kazaz, B. 2020. Wine analytics. TutORials in Operations Research. Edited by C. Druehl and W. Elmaghraby, Pushing the Boundaries: Frontiers in Impactful OR/OM Research, INFORMS, 128-153. [download]

[This paper was presented as a tutorial at the 2020 INFORMS Conference]

[24] Hekimoğlu, M.H., B. Kazaz. 2020. Analytics for wine futures: Realistic prices. Production and Operations Management 29(9) 2096-2120. [download]

[23] Park, J., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2018. Surface versus air shipment of humanitarian goods under demand uncertainty. Production and Operations Management 27(5) 928-948. [download]

[The above paper is the recipient of the 2016 Best Paper Award from Production and Operations Management Society’s College of Humanitarian Operations.]

[22] Park, J., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2017. Risk mitigation of production hedging. Production and Operations Management 26(7) 1299-1314. [download]

[21] Hekimoğlu, M.H., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2017. Wine analytics: Fine wine pricing and selection under weather and market uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19(2) 202-215. [download]

[Here is a short video about the above publication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsdWJtdvQoQ]

[20] Kazaz, B., S. Webster, P. Yadav. 2016. Interventions for an Artemisinin-based malaria medicine supply chain. Production and Operations Management 25(9) 1576-1600.  [download] [online supplement]

[The above paper is the recipient of the 2017 Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award from the Production and Operations Management Society]

[19] Noparumpa, T., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2016. Wine futures: Pricing and allocation as levers against quality uncertainty. Forthcoming in the Springer Series entitled “Handbook on recent advances in commodity and financial modelling – Quantitative methods in banking, finance, insurance, energy and commodity markets” edited by G. Consigli, S. Stefani, G. Zambruno of the INFORMS Euro Working Group for Commodities and Financial Modeling (invited paper). [download]

[18] Park, J., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2016. Technical note – Pricing below cost under exchange-rate risk. Production and Operations Management 25(1) 153-159. [download] [online supplement]

[17] Kazaz, B., S. Webster. 2015. Technical note – Price-setting newsvendor problems with uncertain supply and risk aversion. Operations Research 63(4) 807-811. [download] [online supplement]

[16] Noparumpa, T., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2015. Wine futures and advance selling under quality uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17(3) 411 – 426. [download] [online supplement]

[Here is a short video about the above paper: http://youtu.be/rbJZvTyNj3g.]

[The above paper is selected as the INFORMS President’s Pick among all INFORMS journals and their publications in December 2015]

[The above paper was also featured in Wine Spectator. Here is a link to the Wine Spectator publication: http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/51623. A pf copy of the Wine Spectator article can obtained from this link: Wine Spectator article]

[15] Cole, D., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2015. Final purchase and trade-in decisions in response to a component phase-out announcement: A deterministic analysis. Forthcoming at the International Journal of Production Research  54(5) 1257-1272. [download]

[The above paper is the recipient of the 2014 Best Analytical Paper Award from the Decision Sciences Institute.]

[14] Cole, D., B. Kazaz, S. Webster. 2015. Satisfying Warranty Claims on Obsolete Products. Trends and Research in the Decision Sciences 1 227-247. [download]

[13] Kazaz, B. 2014. 1>2? Less is more under volatile exchange rates in global supply chains. Business Horizons 57(4) 521-531 (invited paper). [download]

[12] Kazaz, B., T. Sloan. 2013. The impact of process deterioration on production and maintenance policies. European Journal of Operational Research 227 88-100. [download][online appendix]

[11] Wu, Z., B. Kazaz, S. Webster, K.K. Yang. 2012. Ordering, pricing, and lead-time quotation under lead-time and demand uncertainty. Production and Operations Management 21(3) 576-589. [download] [complete set of proofs]

[10] Benaroch, M., S. Webster, B. Kazaz. 2012. Impact of sourcing flexibility on outsourcing of services under demand uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 219 272-283. [download][online appendix]

[9] Kazaz, B., S. Webster. 2011. The impact of yield-dependent trading costs on pricing and production planning under supply uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13(3) 404-417. [download] [online supplement]

[8] Kazaz, B., Sloan, T. 2008. Production policies under deteriorating process conditions. IIE Transactions 40(3) 187-205.   [download]

[7] Kazaz, B., M. Dada, H. Moskowitz. 2005. Global production planning under      exchange-rate uncertainty. Management Science 51(7) 1101-1119.  [download] [complete set of proofs]

[6] Kazaz, B. 2004. Production planning under yield and demand uncertainty with yield-dependent cost and price. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 6(3) 209-224. [download]

[5] Kazaz, B., K. Altinkemer. 2003. Optimization of multi-feeder (depot) printed circuit  board manufacturing with error guarantees. European Journal of Operational Research 150 370-394. [download]

[4] Tomak, K., K. Altinkemer, B. Kazaz. 2003. Market segmentation using service levels in data networks. Information Systems and e-Business Management 1(1) 93-117. [download]

[3] Altinkemer, K., B. Kazaz, M. Koksalan, H. Moskowitz. 2000. Optimization of printed circuit board manufacturing: integrated modeling and algorithms. European Journal of Operational Research 124 409-421. [download]

[2] Kazaz, B., H. Moskowitz. 2000. An active learning exercise: supplying hoop dreams game. Production and Operations Management Series in Technology and Operations Management 2 157-169, 2000. [download]

[1] Kazaz, B., C. Sepil. 1996. Project scheduling with discounted cash flows and progress payments. Journal of the Operational Research Society 47(10) 1262-1272. [download]