I am an Industrial Engineer with proficiency in information systems, Tenured Lecturer at Sapir Academic College (Logistics Department). My teaching portfolio is broad but focus mainly in Enterprise Systems implementation (SAP and Oracle Applications) and derivatives of ERP data collection – from Business Analytics to Process Mining. Additionally, I have extensive experience in academic curriculum development and excellent teaching evaluations.
My path to pursuing a doctorate was rather unconventional. Having completed my undergraduate studies in Industrial Engineering and Management (Information Systems track) with honors, I was fast-tracked to pursue an M.Sc. degree in the same department. My final project was recognized as best student work by the Faculty of Engineering Sciences. I gained financial support as provided by scholarships and by working as Research & Teaching Assistant (TA) and as an Instructor. Despite my success I choose to continue to industry, and the next career phase was at Meissner-Baran, a Clean-Room Fab Build-Up Construction Management Company. The job allowed new experiences, starting as Scheduler at Intel Fab 18 Build-Up Project and promoted to diverse positions in the global firm – Schedule Manager, Procurement Manager, Document Controller and Chief Information Officer. All those positions were under tight schedules, vis-a-vis major clients – such as Intel, Tower Semiconductors, and Teva Pharmaceuticals, I served as part of the top management and supported high performance construction projects with complicated design and execution.
Acquired experience in diverse disciplines brought me back to academic teaching and research. In 2002 I returned to academia and my research proposal received the prestigious Kreitman Scholarship for Excellence. I was awarded my Ph.D. in 2011 by the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben-Gurion University (BGU). Utilizing my background, I developed an ERP curriculum for BGU and established industry-academy relationships with both Oracle and SAP. Today BGU is part of SAP Alliance and I serve as leading expert regarding Enterprise Systems Curriculum.
In addition to teaching and supervising, my academic work includes a few service appointments in which my skills as an entrepreneur and manager are at play. I serve as Head of the Teaching Committee at Sapir Academic College (Logistics Department). This committee approves syllabi, synchronizes among courses and monitors student achievements as well as Liaison Officer to Final Project Department, where I approve, review and guide all final projects for Logistics department. Adding to those I must mention social projects I led - "Reduction of Digital Gap" – Project funded by Microsoft and "Students Entrepreneurship in the Negev Periphery" – funded by Ministry of Labor. Both were under budget yet with high success indicators and meaningful society contribution.
With my academic career focused mainly on teaching, in the last years I started to focus on research. I learned intensely the world of Data analytics, focusing on Process Mining (PM) and Big Data and started to initiate research on those. My current research includes conducting PM in medical institutions in Israel (currently on Helsinki approval), for which I won a competitive grant, PM on students success on academic path (joined with BGU reserchers) and DSS on educational institutes.
2022 IEOM Amatrol Innovation and Curriculum Development Award in recognition and appreciation of outstanding achievements and contributions and service in the industrial engineering and operations management profession. Given at the 7th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Orlando, Florida (June 14, 2022).
2020 IEOM Teaching Excellency Award of IEOM Society International, given at the 5th North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Detroit, Michigan, USA (August 10-14, 2020).
2018 Best Paper Award - Kedem-Yemini S., Mamon N. S. and Mashiah, G., "An Analysis of Cargo Release Services with Process Mining: A Case Study in a Logistics Company", Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Washington DC, USA, September 27-29.
2017 Nomination to Process Miner of the Year 2017 award in Process Mining Camp, Eindhoven. Kedem-Yemini S., Shem-Tov Y., Ben-Abu Y., Mamon N., Mashiah G., "Setting Service Standards for Logistics Cargo Handling using Process Mining in Maman Group Israel",
2002 -2006 The Kreitman Foundation Fellowships Scholarship for Outstanding Doctoral Students (4 Year Grant).
1990,1991, Certificate of Outstanding academic merit from the Faculty of
1992,1993 Engineering for each academic year in B.Sc. Degree
1993 Award for Outstanding Final Student Project from the Faculty of Engineering
1993 Completion of B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management with Highest Honors
Refereed Journals
Katz, A., & Kedem-Yemini, S. (2021). From
classrooms to Zoom rooms: preserving effective communication in distance
education. Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research,
00(00), 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228053.2021.1922248
Sagit Kedem-Yemini
& Adi Katz (2021) Implementing online-testing – cases in higher
education in Israel, Journal of Information Technology Case and
Application Research, 23:2, 83-114, DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2021.1882742
Kedem-Yemini, S. (2020). Analysis of Cargo Release Services with Process Mining. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 02(01), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.46254/j.ieom.20200101
Sarfati H., Bachmat E. and Kedem-Yemini S. (2007). Parameter setting and exploration of TAGS using a genetic algorithm. 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CISched). Hawaii, HI. pp. 279-285.
Referred Conference Publications
Biton O., Kedem-Yemini S., and Navon T. (2020). Demonstration of Supply Improvement of Crop Protection Materials. Proceedings of the 5th NA Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Detroit, USA. Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Tiybi P., Shepelev I., Kedem-Yemini S., and Karpek Y. (2020). Stock Costs Reduction – Case Study at a Spirit Company. Proceedings of the 5th NA Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Detroit, USA. Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Markevitch I., Avraham E., Malka K., and Gimelberg C. (2020). Building a Strategic Plan to Encourage Rare Blood Type Donations in the Bedouin Community in the South of Israel. Proceedings of the 5th NA Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Detroit, USA. Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Mamon N. S. and Mashiah, G., 2018, "An Analysis of Cargo Release Services with Process Mining: A Case Study in a Logistics Company", Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Washington DC, USA, September 27-29. Best Paper Award. Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini, S., 2018, "Process Mining in Maman Cargo Release Handling Services", 12th ILAIS Conference, Ashdod, Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini, S. and Rabinowitch G., 2010, "Modularity Measure at Project Management", 16th Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tel-Aviv, Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini, S. and Heart T., 2010, "Implementation for e-Learning for Teaching ERP System – Oracle Applications", 16th Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tel-Aviv, Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Sarfati H.,Bachmat E. and Kedem-Yemini S., 2006, "Parameter setting and exploration of TAGS using a genetic algorithm", 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CISched), Hawaii – Proceedings.
Kedem-Yemini S., 2005, "Case study – Implementing ERP for Educational purposes", 10th Conference of the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI), Taipei, Taiwan, (refereed conference) – Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Pliskin N., Goltz S., and Mor S., 2005, "Evaluating Satisfaction of ERP Users in Small and Medium-seized Enterprises", 10th Conference of the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI), Taipei, Taiwan, (refereed conference) – Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Pliskin N., Mindlin L., and Ram M , 2005, "Evaluating User Satisfaction with ERP System at Dead-Sea Works", 10th Conference of the Asia Pacific Decision Sciences Institute (APDSI), Taipei, Taiwan – (refereed conference) - Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Rabinowitz G. and Pliskin N., 2004, "Characteristics of Tool-Install Fab Build-Up Projects", 4th International Conference on Construction Project Management (ICCPM4) Singapore, (refereed conference) - Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., Rabinowitz G. and Pliskin N., 2004, "Characteristics of Tool-Install Fab Build-Up Projects", 13th Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tel-Aviv, Proceedings + Oral Presentation.
Conferences Presentations (without proceedings)
Kedem-Yemini S., Freed T., 2022, “Developing an
International Course – Overcoming Challenges to Success”, 7th
North America IEOM Society Conference in Orlando, Florida, June 11-14, 2022. Plenary
Invited Presentation,
Kedem-Yemini S., 2021, "Can we use Process Mining to analyze online Course Activity?", the First Asia Pacific Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Harbin, China, July 9-11, 2021. Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini S., 2021, "Process Mining Application in Education", the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Singapore, Singapore, March 7-11. Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini, S., 2018, Paper-athon Track of International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2018, San Francisco – Oral Presentation.
Kedem-Yemini, S., 2017, "How to build a "good" test to SAP related curriculum and to ERP systems related topics", 22nd SAP Academic Conference EMEA, Germany – Oral Presentation.
Reviewer
Kedem-Yemini, S., 2015, Perspectives in Business Informatics Research: 14th International Conference, BIR 2015, Tartu, Estonia, August 26-28, 2015, Proceedings
Kedem-Yemini, S., 2014, Perspectives in Business Informatics Research: 13th International Conference, BIR 2014, Lund, Sweden, September 22-24, 2014, Proceedings
Posters
Kedem-Yemini S., 2012, "Students' Personal Characteristics Influence Upon Success on E-Learning Course”, Poster Presentation at 18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning, Orlando, Florida.
Invited Seminars
Kedem-Yemini S., 2019, Cal Poly IME Seminar, “Application of Process Mining In Logistics Services".
Kedem-Yemini S., 2019, SCE IE&M Seminar, “Application of Process Mining In Logistics Services".
Kedem-Yemini S., 2010, Ben Gurion IE&M Seminar, “Definition of Project Modularity Concept”.
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