Buket Karatop

• Bachelor of Engineering
• Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

Many factors such as population growth, development of industry/technology, and increase in production-consumption disrupt the ecological balance and cause climate change, which is a global problem. Determining the criteria that cause climate change is very important in finding effective solutions to the problem. In the study, the criteria were det...

Today’s brutal competition environment has made it a necessity for businesses to evaluate their performance in order to maintain their existence and gain sustainable competitive advantage. The current environment does not allow businesses that do not perform performance evaluations a chance to survive. Therefore, corporate performance evaluation is...

The global competitive environment forces businesses to produce high-quality and low-cost products and they develop strategies in this regard. At the same, production risks should be identified and their effects on quality and cost should be minimized. The FMEA method is a risk analysis method that produces effective results. Traditional FMEA and F...

FMEA method was applied in the machining workshop of a company that manufactures industrial kitchen products and has hundreds of main products and thousands of semi-finished products in its product range. With PLC cards placed in 12 machines in the workshop, the status of the machine, product and production were monitored instantly. With the help o...

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are top universities' digital innovative educational resources and provide broadly, are open to the public, offer teaching guidance, and conduct interactive exchanges. MOOCs has been a reasonably widespread entrant in the field of open and distance education. This innovative approach is pronounced to have the pot...

As well as social and cultural life, commercial life has also been affected by the industrial revolutions. Because the structures of enterprises have changed how their performance is evaluated, have indispensably changed. In today's brutally competitive environment, it is of great importance that enterprises constantly assess their performance so t...

Determining the strategies that Turkey need to focus at the renewable energy field is aimed in this study. For this, an integrated method called the Fuzzy Sectional SWOT consisting of the Fuzzy AHP and the Sectional SWOT methods was used. Some disadvantages of the traditional SWOT analysis are eliminated with the method used. Firstly, the renewable...

Organizations want to manage the future by being positioned correctly in the future with strategic planning, which is a part of strategic management. Strategic planning, which is a proactive approach, is a long-term type of planning and a case of forecasting based on data. It also contains many data that are complex, uncertain and linguistic, witho...

Open and distance flexible learning is a strategic issue since it means making the criteria of learning flexible by using technology to support learning. It is necessary to collect data and analyse with analytical methods in order not to succumb to the rapid developments in the environment, especially in technology and to be proactive. In this cont...

Because of Turkey's high solar energy potential due to its geographical location and certain advantages of the solar energy, the solar energy is one of the most important among renewable energy types which are invested in the country. Therefore, it aimed to determine of the strategies related to Turkey's solar energy production in this study. For t...

Quality of life is an important concept for humanity. This concept, while it is affected by societies cultural and historical developments, developments in quality case effects perception of quality of life (QoL). Principles of QoL can be identified as basic necessities which is beneficial to human nature and pschology. To sum up, QoL criteria can...

In today’s world, humanity was obliged to learn living with disasters. Although disasters are mostly accepted as events that occur outside the control of human beings, the natural disasters that have increased due to reasons such as the development of technology, the unconscious destruction the environment of human beings etc., have started to be a...

When the human being, the most precious being created, humanity and the most sacred need of humanity come together,this puts enormous responsibility on researchers and scientists. With this responsibility, the methods, developments, research and rapid development of computer technologies that have been used for centuries have changed the need for e...

Due to the factors such as technological developments, industrialization, population growth, etc. the energy need in the world is constantly increasing and the available resources are insufficient to meet this need. Therefore, the search for alternative energy sources has accelerated recently and this situation has directed the countries to renewab...

A total of 209 different types of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with various properties have been produced from 1930 to 1970s in which they have been banned due to their toxic effects. Total produced PCBs in the world are around 15 to 20 million tons, and up to now, 5.4 million tons of PCB-containing or PCB-contaminated equipment/materials has b...

Purpose – Developments in the industrial revolutions also influence enterprises which are indispensable for commercial life, as well as social and cultural life. These changes which occur in the enterprises about production methods and technologies with the revolutions, naturally affect all the processes of the enterprises, and the methods and tool...

İşletmeler sürdürülebilir başarı ve gelişmeyi elde etmek için sürekli çaba içindedir. Başarı ve gelişme bir seferlik olamayacak kadar değerlidir ve devamlılığın sağlanması elzemdir. Bunun farkında olan işletmeler çeşitli yönetim sistemlerini kullanmaktadır ve bu sistemler birbirlerinin destekler biçimde iç içe geçmiştir. Bunların en sık kullanılanl...

It is possible to carry out logistics operations in a highly efficient and reliable manner with internet of things technologies. These technologies increase the added value of logistics activities and expand their benefits in the supply chain. Logistic activities are a sine qua non of disaster management. The active use of internet of things during...

Structured Abstract: Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Total Quality Management (TQM) are implemented by continuously developed in every field. Zero-defect policy in products and services have been embraced. Although all these developments have been made for people, they did not help and increased the discontent of people in the role of employee...

Fires caused by natural factors or man-made and the losses they cause are known to have traumatic consequences for the society. The risk of disasters can be minimized when they are determined in advance and the results of the disasters become manageable. In addition to material and moral losses and socio-cultural traumas caused by disasters, especi...

Detailed analysis of the products that are accepted as status indicators in the society must be done before the presentation to the market. Cars are also considered as status indicators in society. Performing perception analysis before the presentation to the market will provide many benefits. For products that have not been produced, perception an...

It can be said that the reflection of the philosophy of Transhumanism on education creates a threat to the survival of human civilization or, on the contrary, focuses on technologies that try to create opportunities to overcome basic human limitations. MOOCs are still a major tool in the ongoing development of opportunities to teach the whole commu...

Although the paper of Armand Vallin Feingenbaum was the first study about Total Quality Management (TQM) in 1957, there were some quality management applications that were more comprehensive than modern TQM at 1300’s years in Anatolia which is known as Akhi orders. Akhi Orders were established by Anatolian Turks between 13th and 20th centuries. It...

In order to outmaneuver increasing competition, organizations must plan their strategies for managing the future. Yet, planning is not solely adequate. It is important to ensure the sustainability of feasible plans which are supported by performance evaluations, and to focus on strategies that which pay attention to demands and expectations of stak...

Nowadays, manufacturing companies have been working based on people-oriented approach. Customer satisfaction is currently not only for external customers but also required for internal customers. In this context, human resource is one of the most important resources to manage and vital for manufacturing companies in terms of customers, employees an...

Since automotive industry is accepted as locomotive of the economy and triggers many other sectors, it influences the global economy of the country. Automotive industry is the major branch that involves a key industry. Relevant Ministries, TUBITAK and private sector associations make separate studies about Turkey automotive industry and automobile...

The aim of the study is to bring forth some historical facts, with supporting scientific evidence, regarding the first Quality System (Ahilik) which was developed and applied by the Ottoman Turks, hence contributing to the Total Quality Management (TQM) by setting a historical perspective. As was TQM, Ahi Order was adopted to create an organization...