Sinan Çam, Support and Transportation Services Manager, was invited to speak to the engineering students (IE-496) about his experiences as an industrial engineer, and to inform students about practical applications for their theoretical industrial engineering knowledge. 
A graduate of Bilkent’s Department of Industrial Engineering, Sinan Çam assumed a managerial position with the university. As the Transportation Services Manager, one of his primary responsibilities was to make the shuttles run regularly and efficiently. "An industrial engineer first analyzes the behavior of demand such as seasonal changes in this case, and then applies the appropriate model to forecast the demand, such as to schedule the required number of service runs", said Çam. To establish an efficient transportation system, six weeks of sampling was conducted counting the number of people using the shuttles at various times of the day from different points of the city. "Currently, there are 460 service runs a day during weekdays, transporting 15,500 people between 7:25 a.m. and 12 a.m. (7:25-24:00 hours)" Çam explained. Each term, the established system is monitored and updated to improve transportation needs.
Sinan Çam, in his capacity as the Support Services Manager, is also responsible for maintaining quality services while minimizing the cost of purchases. As Çam explained to the students, in order to minimize inventory costs, he applies the "periodic order cycle policy" with the minimum order quantity approach.
Students responded enthusiastically to Çam’s encouraging talk. They asked many questions regarding in which areas they could apply their knowledge, and also detailed questions about Çam’s industrial engineering practices.
