Burak Kazaz

The Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management, The Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, Director of the Robert H. Brethen Operations Management Institute
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Burak Kazaz is the Steven Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Whitman School of Management and the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence at Syracuse University. Dr. Kazaz is the Director of the Brethen Institute. He served as the Whitman Teaching Fellow from 2010 to 2012, as the Whitman Research Fellow from 2016 to 2018 and as the Executive Director of the H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management between 2013 and 2017.

Dr. Kazaz’s research interests include risk mitigation, supply chain finance, and socially-responsible supply chains. His publications helped many agricultural and retail firms in their global operations. He established the field of “wine analytics,” and his work on the pricing of wine futures has been influential in the wine industry benefiting winemakers and distributors. His publications can be found in premier journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Management Science, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. His impact is evidenced in that he is frequently featured in popular media including The Wall Street Journal, Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator, RobertParker.com, Forbes, Bloomberg, Financial Times and the fine wine stock market Liv-ex. He enjoys collaborating with industry; his work is recognized by IBM, British Petroleum, and Procter & Gamble, and is supported through grants from Staples, IBM, and APICS.

Dr. Kazaz’s papers have been the recipient of numerous awards: The 2017 Wickham Skinner Prize from the Production and Operations Management Society, the 2016 Best Paper Award from the College of Humanitarian Operations and Crises Management of the Production and Operations Management Society, the 2015 INFORMS President’s Pick as the best paper among all INFORMS journal publications, and the 2014 Best Analytical Paper Award from the Decision Sciences Institute. Two of his publications were selected for the 2017 INFORMS Editors’ Cut, another paper was a runner-up for the 2018 iFORM Best Paper Award.

Dr. Kazaz has been the longest-serving board member of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society: President, Executive Vice President and President-Elect, Vice President of Meetings and Communications, Chair of iFORM (integration of finance, operations and risk management) specialty interest group. He also served as an associate editor for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and is currently a senior editor for Production and Operations Management and an associate editor for IISE Transactions.

Dr. Kazaz’s teaching has been recognized with numerous awards. In 2012, he is named as the Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, the highest honor given at Syracuse University. He is the recipient of the first-ever Whitman School of Management Teaching Innovation Award in 2011.

Dr. Kazaz received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey and his Ph.D. from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University. Prior to this appointment, he was a faculty member at the University of Miami and at Loyola University of Chicago, taught at the Executive Education programs of the University of Chicago. He was a visiting professor at Cornell University and the University of California Berkeley where he taught MBA courses and doctoral seminars. Dr. Kazaz recently developed two unique courses: (1) wine analytics that features analytical methods beneficial for winemakers, distributors and importers, and the financial exchange where fine wines are traded, and (2) designing supply chains for growth which relies on design thinking principles and is popular among start-ups and small firms.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. Kazaz worked at IBM. Additional information about Dr. Kazaz can be obtained at his personal site https://bkazaz.expressions.syr.edu.
Ph.D., Management Science, Purdue University
Dr. Kazaz teaches the following courses at the Whitman School of Management:

• Wine Analytics [SCM 744 and 444]
• Global Supply Chain Strategy [SCM 777]
• Global Supply Chain and Risk Management [SCM 477]
• Ph.D. Seminar in Supply Chain Management [SCM 960]
• Supply Chain Design for Growth: A Design Thinking Approach [SCM 600 and 400]
• Principles of Supply Chain Management [SCM 265]

​Dr. Kazaz is also the author of the following case studies:
Kazaz, B. 2020. Realistic prices for wine futures.
Kazaz, B. 2020. Futures vs. bottles at Joonda Wine Distribution Co.
Kazaz, B. 2020. Selling wine futures: Black Eagles Wine Company.
Kazaz, B. 2018. iFORM at IBM.
Dr. Kazaz’s research interests include risk mitigation, supply chain finance, and socially-responsible supply chains. His publications helped many agricultural and retail firms in their global operations. He established the field of “wine analytics,” and his work on the pricing of wine futures has been influential in the wine industry benefiting winemakers and distributors. His publications can be found in premier journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Management Science, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. His impact is evidenced in that he is frequently featured in popular media including The Wall Street Journal, Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator, RobertParker.com, Forbes, Bloomberg, Financial Times and the fine wine stock market Liv-ex. He enjoys collaborating with industry; his work is recognized by IBM, British Petroleum, and Procter & Gamble, and is supported through grants from Staples, IBM, and APICS.

Dr. Kazaz is the author of the following book on agricultural supply chain operations:
Boyabatlı, O., B. Kazaz, C. Tang (editors). 2022. Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research - Operations and Analytics in Planting, Selling, and Government Interventions. Springer, ISBN: 978-3030814229.

In addition to above book, he has numerous book chapters published in a variety of publications. A complete set of Dr. Kazaz's publications can be obtained from his personal web site at https://bkazaz.expressions.syr.edu/.

Publications

  • Jan 01, 2026

    Member of the INFORMS Publication Committee

    INFORMS
  • Jan 01, 2025

    Chair of the AI Policy Guidelines in INFORMS Journals

    INFORMS
  • Jan 01, 2024

    Tutorial Speaker, 2024 POMS International Conference

    Production and Operations Management Society
  • Aug 01, 2023

    MSOM President (elected)

    MSOM, INFORMS
  • Jan 01, 2023

    MSOM Vice President of Meetings and Communications (elected)

    MSOM Society, INFORMS
  • Oct 01, 2021

    Chair of the Best Paper Selection Committee, IISE Transactions

    IISE Transactions
  • Jun 01, 2021

    MSOM Executive Vice President and President-Elect (elected)

    MSOM Society, INFORMS
  • May 01, 2021

    Organizer of the Workshop for Doctoral Students in Supply Chain Analytics

    Rutgers University
  • Apr 21, 2021

    Moderator for NY State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) at the Roundtable on Freight and Logistics

    NY State Dept. of Transportation
  • Jul 01, 2020

    2021 POMS Conference Organizer

    POMS
  • Jun 01, 2020

    iFORM Best Paper Award Selection Committee

    MSOM/INFORMS
  • May 01, 2020

    Panelist, 2020 Supply Chain Analytics Doctoral Student Workshop

    INFORMS
  • May 01, 2020

    Whitman Roadmap Grant

    Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  • Nov 01, 2019

    Tutorial Speaker, 2020 INFORMS Conference

    INFORMS
  • Nov 01, 2019

    Chair of Search Committee for selecting the Series Editor of INFORMS Editors' Cut (now INFORMS Analytics Collection)

    INFORMS
  • May 01, 2019

    Senior Faculty Research Award

    Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  • Oct 01, 2018

    2018 iFORM Best Paper Award (second place)

    INFORMS
  • May 01, 2018

    Chair of iFORM Special Interest Group (elected)

    INFORMS
  • May 01, 2017

    Wickham Skinner Prize (for the best paper published in the field of Production and Operations Management)

    Production and Operations Management Society
  • Jan 01, 2017

    INFORMS Editors' Cut -- two different papers are selected to be among most influential papers published in all INFORMS journals.

    INFORMS
  • May 01, 2016

    2016 POMS Best Paper Award

    Production and Operations Management Society
  • Apr 14, 2016

    Whitman Research Fellow Award

    Martin J. Whitman School of Management
  • Apr 01, 2015

    The Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management

    Syracuse University
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

    Syracuse University
  • Jan 01, 2014

    Best Analytical Paper Award

    Decision Sciences Institute
  • Jan 01, 2011

    Teaching Innovation Award

    Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  • Jan 01, 2010

    Whitman Teaching Fellow Award

    Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  • Jan 01, 2007

    The most challenging professor

    School of Business, University of Miami
  • Jan 01, 2005

    Excellence in Teaching Award

    University of Miami
  • Jan 01, 2005

    Apple Polishing Award for the Professor of the Year

    Panhellenic Council’s, University of Miami
  • Jan 01, 2004

    University-wide competitive James McLamore summer research grant

    University of Miami
  • Jan 01, 2002

    School of Business Administration summer research grant

    University of Miami
  • Jan 01, 2000

    University-wide competitive summer research grant

    Loyola University
  • Jan 01, 2000

    Award for contributions to Procter & Gamble and Tremor.com

    Procter & Gamble and Tremor.com
  • Jan 01, 1999

    American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) supply chain management research grant

    APICS
  • Jan 01, 1999

    Award for contributions to British Petroleum Chemicals Division

    British Petroleum Chemicals Division
  • Jan 01, 1997

    Special research award and grant for contributions to the IBM Microelectronics Division

    IBM

  • Director of the Robert H. Brethen Institute

    Whitman School of Management

  • Certified Member of WSET Level 2 (passed with distinction)

    Wine and Spirit Education Trust

  • New report highlights the impact of the protests in Ottowa

    February 16, 2022 KCBS Radio

  • Public-private partnerships essential to accelerating COVID-19 test kit manufacturing. KCBS Radio interview, January 5, 2022

    January 05, 2022 KCBS Radio

  • Europe threatens to restrict vaccine exports after AstraZeneca and Pfizer hit production problems. News Africa, January 27, 2021

    May 03, 2021 News Africa

  • Looking at the ingredients behind the different vaccine brands, KCBS Radio, May 3, 2021

    May 03, 2021 KCBS Radio

  • Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe's recovery

    January 26, 2021 CNN Business

  • Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe’s recovery

    January 26, 2021 MSN

  • Pfizer and AstraZeneca take heat as vaccine delays threaten Europe’s recovery. CNN, January 26, 2021

    January 26, 2021 CNN

  • Supply chain expert: Why Cuomo’s plan to buy vaccine directly from Pfizer is a bad idea

    January 19, 2021 WBNG

  • SU Supply Chain Expert: Direct Shipments of Vaccine Ensure Product Integrity

    December 16, 2020 WAER

  • How Pfizer plans to distribute millions of vaccines at ultra-cold temperatures

    December 14, 2020 KCBS Radio

  • These containers used to ship fresh tuna. Now they'll deliver Covid-19 vaccines

    December 12, 2020 CNN

  • How Pfizer plans to distribute millions of vaccines at ultra-cold temperatures

    December 10, 2020 KCBS Radio

  • California wildfires may give local wines a 'smoky' flavour for years to come

    September 22, 2020 MSN

  • Tim Cook and Apple Bet Everything on China. Then Coronavirus Hit

    March 02, 2020 Wall Street Journal

  • Visiting professor gives fine wine market a data-driven shakeup

    May 29, 2019 Berkeley Newsroom

  • Study: Realistic En Primeur Prices Based on Lisa Perrotti-Brown and James Suckling Scores

    May 22, 2019 Wine Advocate

  • Experts Provide Realistic 2018 Bordeaux Wine Futures Prices

    May 13, 2019 USAgnet.com

  • 3 things Amazon still hasn't figured out at Whole Foods 1 year in

    June 16, 2018 The Street

  • Study: Realistic en primeur prices in a heterogeneous vintage

    June 06, 2018 Liv-ex

  • The future of wine pricing

    May 30, 2018 New York Ag Connection

  • Bordeaux 2017 primeurs – what the trade thinks

    April 26, 2018 Jancis Robinson's Blog

  • Trade predicts En Primeur price drop while academic study estimates rise

    April 26, 2018 Harper's Wine and Spirits

  • New study estimates En Primeur prices

    April 24, 2018 Liv-Ex News

  • JD.com’s Latest Logistics Move Heats up Battle With Amazon for E-Commerce Shar

    February 27, 2018 Sourcing Journal

  • Florida's citrus industry suffering following Hurricane Irma

    September 14, 2017 CNYCentral

  • Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Irma Destroys Over Half of Orange Crop in Parts of Florida

    September 12, 2017 Bloomberg

  • Working together: Supply chain and the refugee crisis

    November 02, 2015 Supply & Demand Chain Executive

  • Supply chain management critical in Syrian refugee crisis

    October 14, 2015 Syracuse University News

  • Q&A: Supply chain expert Burak Kazaz on getting aid to the European Refugees

    October 13, 2015 Syracuse University News

  • Wine futures and selling wine before bottling

    August 10, 2015

  • The en primeur system involves purchasing barrel tasted wine in spring before

    June 03, 2015 Futures Market

  • Risk associated with supply uncertainty in agricultural settings

    June 02, 2015 Science Daily

  • An en primeur for America?

    May 18, 2015 Wine Spectator

  • SU prof pours efforts into wine futures

    April 09, 2015 Finger Lakes Times

  • Whitman School of Management supply chain professor expert shares groundbreaking research on pricing wine futures

    April 04, 2015 Wine Industry Network

  • A new model predicts wine futures prices with high accuracy: Lessons from Bordeaux en primeur for small boutique wineries in the US

    April 01, 2015 The Academic Wino

  • Whitman School of Management collaborates with Staples to analyze supply chain management opportunities

    March 04, 2015 Newswise

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    March 03, 2015 Finance - Renewable Energy World

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    March 03, 2015 The Business Journals

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    March 03, 2015 Market Watch

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    March 03, 2015 Syracuse.com

  • Mambo, Malbec, and Mentoring: The many pursuits of Professor Burak Kazaz

    August 01, 2014 Whitman Magazine

  • WAER Interview Kazaz on InBev Purchase of Anheuser-Busch

    July 13, 2008 Post Standard

  • Deteriorating equipment plays role in production policies

    March 08, 2008 The Reliable Plant