VIKOR Method for Ranking Logistic Villages in Turkey (TÜRKİYE’DEKİ LOJİSTİK KÖYLERİN VIKOR YÖNTEMİ İLE SIRALANDIRILMASI)

Abstract

English Abstract: Logistics villages are defined as a specific area of all the activities carried out by a variety of logistics-related businesses. They have specific features including size, distance to city center, accessibility, proximity to road, airport, railway, aritime, office and IT infrastructure etc. Ranking logistic villages is a complicated task due to the fact that various criteria or objectives must be considered in the decision making process. Also in many real world cases the criteria are not equally important for the logistic managers and government authorities. In this study, we proposed a logistic village ranking model considering both Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and VIKOR (Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) methods. Subjective and objective opinions of logistic managers/experts turn into quantitative form with AHP. VIKOR technique is used for calculating the logistic villages’ ranks. The aim of this paper is to rank the 11 logistic villages in Turkey including Istanbul (Halkali), Balikesir (Gokkoy), Eskisehir (Hasanbey), Izmit (Kosekoy), Usak, Denizli (Kaklik), Samsun (Gelemen), Mersin (Yenice), Kayseri (Bogazkopru ), Konya (Kayacik) and Erzurum (Palandoken). Turkish Abstract: Lojistik koyler bircok lojistik ile ilgili aktivitelerin gerceklestirildigi ozellikli alanlar olarak tanimlanabilir. Bu koylerin buyuklugu, sehir merkezine olan uzakligi, erisilebilirligi, karayollarina/havaalanlarina/ demir yollarina/limanlara olan mesafeleri, ofisler ve bilisim altyapisi vb. ozellikleri onem arz etmektedir. Lojistik koylerin siralamasi karar verme surecinde bircok kriter ve amacin dikkate alinmasi gerektigi icin karmasik bir islemdir. Ayrica bircok gercek hayat vakasinda lojistik sektor yoneticileri ve kamu karar vericilerine gore kriterler esit oneme sahip degildir. Bu calismada Analitik Hiyerarsi Prosesi (AHP) ve VIKOR (Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje) yontemleri birlikte kullanilarak lojistik koylerin siralandirilmasina iliskin model onerilmektedir. AHP lojistik sektoru yoneticileri/uzmanlarina ait subjektif ve/veya objektif fikirlerin nicel sekilde gosterilebilmesi icin kullanilmistir. VIKOR yontemi ise lojistik koylerin siralandirilmasinda kullanilmistir. Bu analizde amac Turkiye’deki 11 lojistik koyun (Istanbul-Halkali, Balikesir-Gokkoy, Eskisehir-Hasanbey, Izmit-Kosekoy, Usak, Denizli-Kaklik, Samsun-Gelemen, Mersin-Yenice, Kayseri-Bogazkopru, Konya-Kayacik ve Erzurum-Palandoken) siralanmasidir.