Hakan Butuner
Associate Prof. Dr. Hakan Butuner has BS in IE, MBA, and Ph.D. in EM degrees. He has been active both in academic and professional life. Currently, he is lecturing in Business Schools, and acting as a business founder, consultant and trainer in his Industrial Management & Engineering consulting and training business. Additionally, he is the president of II&SE – Turkish professional chapter and the board member of IHPP. Author has several universally known publications and books.
Biography
Dr. Butuner has received his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University; MBA from Bilkent University; and Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla.He has been active both in professional and academic life for several years. Additionally, as an entrepreneur he has acted as the affiliates of several US consulting companies (RMA, HPC Inc., Proplanner) in industrial management and engineering consulting and training fields; and has built various international franchising businesses. During the same periods, he has lectured in the business schools and/or industrial engineering departments of worldwide known universities.
Currently, he is a faculty member in Walker School of Business & Technology of Webster University, plus running IMECO (Industrial Management and Engineering Consulting – which is the affiliates of well-known US consulting companies.) Additionally, he is the founder-president of Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers – Turkish professional chapter; entrepreneur mentor in the Scientific and Technological Research Council; and the board member of Institute of High-Performance Planners in Kansas City, US.
During his career path, he has completed and participated in above 100 professional industrial engineering and management projects (especially in Strategic Planning, Facilities Design, Operations Improvement, Process Reengineering), developed and deployed many training programs and workshops to various corporations and universities.
Also, as a developer of Systematic Strategic Planning (SSP) and Results-Based Systematic Operations Improvement (SIP) methodologies, he has several cited books and papers (especially in Planning by Design, Operations Management and Improvement, Supply Chain Management, and Strategic Planning areas) published by the world-wide known publication houses (such as Taylor & Francis, SAGE) and journals.
Education
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BS, METU, Ankara/Turkey, 1984
MBA, Bilkent, Ankara/Turkey, 1990
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1994
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Planning by Design
High Performance Planning
Strategic Planning
Facilities Planning
Lean Production
Operations and Productivity Improvement
Operations & Production Management
Websites
Books
Articles
Using Shortened Systematic Strategic Planning (SSP) Working Model for the Development of a Strategic Plan of an Entrepreneurial Business (Vision Co.)-Case Study
Published: Aug 01, 2019 by Integrative Journal of Conference Proceedings
Authors: H. Butuner, E. Yılmaz, E. Varan and S. Dibakoğlu
Subjects:
Business & Management
The intention here is to provide a new perspective and benefit for the strategic planners by introducing this new systematic methodology and demonstrating its implementation on an entrepreneurial and new business called Visual Co. Accordingly, let shortened version of SSP easily understood and universally applied to any small- and medium-size businesses.
Practical Techniques for Selecting the Best Business Strategy
Published: Jul 01, 2019 by International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management, Engineering - Industrial & Manufacturing
The purpose of this paper is to help businesses to select the strategic plans most suitable for them. This requires using practical and beneficial techniques. To do this, the alternative strategies that are developed for the correspondent opportunities need to be evaluated. Only by making an evaluation as objectively and impartially as possible, the best decision can be achieved.
Helping Businesses to Identify their Opportunities
Published: May 01, 2019 by European Journal of Business and Management Research
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
The purpose of this paper is to help businesses to define their business opportunities that are most attractive and feasible for them. Another intention here is to provide strategic planners an easily understandable and applicable new approach for clarifying their businesses’ opportunities, by assembling the disconnected and disorderly ideas, processes and techniques.
Development of an Entrepreneurial Small Business’ (Abler) Strategic Plan by Shortened Systematic Strategic Planning (SSP)—Case Study
Published: Mar 01, 2019 by International Business & Economics Studies
Authors: H. Butuner, S. Y. Aslan and A. Köklü
Subjects:
Business & Management
The intention here is to provide a new perspective and benefit for the strategic planners by introducing this new systematic methodology and demonstrating its implementation on an entrepreneurial and new business called Abler.
A Practical Approach for Determining the Competitive Advantages of a Business
Published: Jan 01, 2019 by American Journal of Operations Management and Information Systems
Authors: H Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
The purpose of this paper is helping businesses to answer the questions of “where are we?” and “what are our differential advantages?” in an effective way. This requires using practical and beneficial techniques during the comprehensive internal and comparison analysis.
How to Turn Strategies into Results-Based Actions
Published: Nov 01, 2018 by International Journal of Science and Management Studies
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
The purpose of this paper is to help businesses to answer the question of “how can we reach our target destination?” to be coherent with the whole of strategies. This requires using a practical and beneficial approach.
Development of an Entrepreneurial Small Business’ (CGA Tech.) Strategic Plan by Shortened Systematic Strategic Planning (SSP) – Case Study (abstract)
Published: Aug 01, 2018 by International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Johannesburg, South Africa
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management, Engineering - Industrial & Manufacturing
The intention here is to provide a new perspective and benefit for the strategic planners by introducing this new systematic methodology and demonstrating its implementation on an entrepreneurial and new business called CGA Tech. Accordingly, let shortened version of SSP easily understood and universally applied to any small- and medium-size businesses.
Practical Useful Techniques for Performing Strategic Internal Status Analysis
Published: Jan 01, 2017 by International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
The purpose of this paper is helping businesses to answer the questions of “where are we?” in a practical and beneficial way. Internal status analysis begins with a short history of the business and lays down the policies followed and performances demonstrated by the business during recent years within the framework of its mission, and assesses its conformity to overall goals, target groups and general strategies, etc.
Systematic Planning of Globalizing Local Firms (SPG)
Published: Jan 01, 2017 by International Journal of Business and Social Research
Authors: A. A. Qazi and H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
Our main objective here is to boost the confidence of the local companies by introducing a systematic planning tool that they can use which helps them to give the chance to become global and compete in the international market.
Redesigning Scenarios and Defining Business Opportunities
Published: Apr 01, 2016 by International Journal of Business & Social Research
Authors: H. Butuner
Subjects:
Business & Management
The purpose of this paper is to help businesses to define their business opportunities that are most attractive and feasible for them by using newly developed practical techniques. Taking into consideration the characteristics of the business that offer competitive advantages, the potential opportunities for the business in the industry are identified.
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