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Dr. Beril Toktay
Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang Professor

Academic Area(s):Operations Management
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Website:http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bt71/index.htm
Phone:404-385-0104
Fax:404-894-6030
Address:800 West Peachtree Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Suite:446
Office:4246
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Beril Toktay is the Nancy J. and Lawrence P. Huang Professor of Operations Management with specialization in Supply Chain Management. Her research focuses on two topics within this area. The first is the management of closed-loop supply chains, which are supply chains in which value is recovered from used products via recycling, remanufacturing or repair operations. The second is the management of information and risk in supply chains, which focuses on forecasting, forecast collaboration, and integrated operational and financial risk management in supply chains. She was formerly Associate Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD.

Professor Toktay is the Coordinator of the Georgia Tech Focused Research Program on Closed-Loop Production Systems, an interdisciplinary group of faculty from Management, Engineering and Public Policy who are interested in sustainable manufacturing. Professor Toktay's research has been funded by several National Science Foundation grants and has received distinctions such as the 2010 Brady Family Award for Faculty Research Excellence, first prize in the 2005 and 2006 POMS Wickham Skinner best unpublished paper competitions, finalist in the EURO 2003 paper competition and first prize in the 1999 MSOM student paper competition.

Her research articles have appeared in refereed journals such as Management Science, M&SOM, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. Professor Toktay is Associate Editor for Management Science, Operations Research, M&SOM, Production and Operations Management and Naval Research Logistics, and is Co-Editor of the M&SOM Special Issue on the Environment. She currently serves as the Executive VP and President-Elect of the M&SOM Society.

Professor Toktay has taught Supply Chain Management courses at the PhD, MBA, and Executive Education levels, as well as Operations Management and Operations Research courses at the PhD level. She has developed cases and pedagogical material for MBA and Executive Education audiences. Most recently, she introduced an MBA course on Business Strategies for Sustainability.

Related Links
Business Strategies for Sustainability

Areas of Specialization
Sustainable Operations
Closed-Loop Supply Chains
Supply Chain Management
Education
PhD, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
MS, Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1994
BS, Industrial Engineering and Mathematics, Boğaziçi University, 1992

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