TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE, vol.94, pp.323-337, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
Logistics performance evaluation of provinces is considered in this study. To do so, a three step solution approach is developed: (i) determination of 16 geographic and economic indicators, (ii) using geographic information system to assign a logistics score and (iii) prioritizing the indicators and ranking the provinces using multi-criteria decision analysis tools. Proposed methodology is applied to 81 provinces in Turkey as a case study. Results show that the provinces of Istanbul, Izmir, and Hatay are the pioneers. The proposed methodology provides the ability to analyze the impacts of indicators on logistics performance and create a logistics performance map of countries. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.