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Thesis Type: Doctorate
Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey
Approval Date: 2018
Student: ÇAĞLAR TABAK
Supervisor: KÜRŞAT YILDIZ
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Abstract:Transportation costs directly affect national economies. Furthermorex transportation costs increase depending on various reasons including energy resources and with regard to this countries aimed to develop combined transportation strategies to reduce transportation costs. It is targeted in this study to provide recommendations for selection of logistics centers in order to determine the strategies for most cost efficient, high-speed and secure transport for integration of transportation types by developing logistics industry strategies in Turkey, which will contribute in reduction of transportation costs. The logistics strategies of Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, taking the first three places in Logistics Performance Index published by the World Bank in 2016 have been examined on site and a comparison study has been carried out by taking the Logistics Performance Index published in 2016 into consideration. In this study, questions have been asked to the national logistics authorities about legal and structural status; the ranks of countries in the Logistics Performance Index have been statistically analyzed by the Rank Correlation method; the most significant components affecting the performance criteria and the values arising from this test have been classified and preferred strategies have been determined. Moreover, the logistics infrastructure of Mexico, resembling to Turkey in terms of Gross Domestic Product and infrastructure status, has been examined on site and included in the study as an example. In the study, current status of Turkey has been compared to other countries and legislative status has been analyzed. After that Central Anatolia and Aegean Region have been selected as pilot regions in order to plan the infrastructure projects which are considered as one of the most significant factors affecting the ranking in Logistics Performance Index. In addition to that a survey has been conducted to make logistics area recommendations by analyzing the current structure in these regions. At the end of the field study, recommendations have been provided for selection of logistics areas by establishing a transportation model and a logistics model respectively. Therefore, after performing legal and structural analysis of the logistics industry, location of the logistics areas which is an indirect parameter of this analysis and one of the most significant cost items of the logistics industry has been selected and it has been aimed to propose an alternative model for the relevant location selection.