مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - EVALUATION OF LOGISTICS VILLAGES ESTABLISHMENT BY LOGİSTİCS SERVİCE PROVİDERS: THE CASE OF IZMIR

Abstract :

Logistics villages, as clusters which are collecting all the activities relating to logistics, are becoming important tools to gain strategic competitive advantage for the region they are located. Although they play an important role for the regional development, building logistics villages in any regions is not possible because of the high set up costs and needs for strong geographical, physical and corporate infrastructure. In Turkey, plans to construct logistics villages in specific locations including İzmir are also in progress. There are many studies in the literature about logistics villages regarding organizational structure and potential benefits there may provide. However, there is a lack of studies that consider ideas of logistics service providers as the main users of logistics villages and about construction of logistics villages in specific locations. According to the feasibility reports prepared by regional development agencies considering the ideas of logistics service providers about the location and type of services that should be offered by villages’ managements may help the village administration to increase the efficiency of villages. So as to fill this gap, in this study, the viewpoints of logistics service providers about logistics villages that are planned to be built in Izmir will be examined and suggestions will be made. Research process designed into two sections. Firstly, focused-group interview conducted and gained datas used in Fuzzy VIKOR analysis. In this study, we preferred to use fuzzy VIKOR method because of providing compromise solution for all decision makers’ utility.