Aykan Gökbulut leads The Boston Consulting Group’s Industrial Goods practice in Turkey and is also a core member of the Operations and Marketing, Sales & Pricing practices. He focuses his work increasingly on operational improvement of industrial operations. He is the author of a deep dive assessment of Industry 4.0 and its impacts on Turkey together with Tüsiad (Turkish Industrials Association).

Aykan has deep experience working on portfolio, market-entry, and go-to-market strategies with industrial goods groups and companies in Turkey and internationally. Over his career at BCG he developed also international expertise in Consumer Goods and Retail sectors.

Before joining the firm, Aykan worked in the automotive industry, on R&D of engine management systems at Robert Bosch in Vienna and in international project management for the high-tech communication systems integrator Frequentis.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Leads BCG’s Industrial Goods practice in Turkey
  • Portfolio, go-to-market, and market-entry strategy
  • Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
  • Postmerger integration
  • Turkey entry and growth strategy
  • B2B distribution strategy
  • B2B pricing strategy

EDUCATION

  • MBA, INSEAD
  • MSc, Vienna University of Technology

Publications and Videos

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Industry 4.0 in Turkey as an Imperative for Global Competitiveness

This study provides an opportunity to assess the ideas, experience, and knowledge of the executives in many important Turkish industrial companies, with the goal of outlining an economic perspective that goes beyond a conceptual discussion of Industry 4.0 for Turkey.
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Industry 4.0 in Turkey as an Imperative for Global Competitiveness

Sürekli gelişen teknoloji, sanayide üretkenliğin özellikle 18. yüzyılın sonlarından günümüze üç ana dalga çevresinde çok önemli şekilde artmasını mümkün kılmıştır. Buhar gücüyle çalışan makinalar, elektriğin üretime girmesi ve 1970 sonrasında gittikçe yaygınlaşan robotlu otomasyon akımı bu yeni çığırlar açan üç devrimin tetikçileri niteliğinde olmuştur.
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