Evaluation of Factors Affecting Logistics Performance in a Global Crisis Environment with DEMATEL and BWM

Abstract

One of the most important indicators of the economic welfare of the countries is the performance level of logistics activities. For this reason, the performance of logistics activities is susceptible to economic conditions. In recent years, the financial crisis environment, which has reached global dimensions due to the pandemic and war, has revealed that logistics management performances should be reevaluated. Therefore, it will be significant to reassess the critical factors that affect the logistics management performance domestically and globally at the country level. This study examined national and international critical factors impacting logistics management performance in the economic crisis environment. For this purpose, criteria determined from expert opinions and scientific literature review were evaluated by DEMATEL and BWM methods. As a result of the analysis, the factors impacting logistics performance were identified and interpreted in order of importance. The paper analyzes the factors impacting countries' logistics performance in the global economic crisis environment and presents an up-to-date evaluation.

Keywords

• Global Crisis Environment
• Logistics Performance
• Criteria Weighting
• DEMATEL
• BWM.

Küresel Kriz Ortamında Lojistik Performansını Etkileyen Faktörlerin DEMATEL ve BWM ile Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Ülkelerin ekonomik refah seviyelerinin en önemli göstergelerinden biri lojistik faaliyetleri performans düzeyleridir. Bu sebeple lojistik faaliyetlerin performansı ekonomik şartlara oldukça duyarlıdır. Son yıllarda pandemi ve savaş etkisi ile küresel boyutlara ulaşan ekonomik kriz ortamı, lojistik yönetimi performanslarının yeniden gözden geçirilmesi gerektiğini açıkça göstermiştir. Dolayısıyla ülkeler düzeyinde ulusal ve küresel seviyede uluslararası lojistik yönetimi performansını etkileyen kritik faktörlerin yeniden değerlendirilmesi önemlidir. Bu çalışmada lojistik yönetimi performansını etkileyen ulusal ve uluslararası kritik faktörler ekonomik kriz ortamı için analiz edilmiştir. Bu amaçla uzman görüşleri ve bilimsel yazın taraması sonucu belirlenen faktörler DEMATEL ve BWM yöntemleri ile değerlendirilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda küresel lojistik performansını etkileyen faktörler belirlenerek önem sıralarına göre yorumlanmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı, küresel ekonomik kriz ortamında ülkelerin lojistik performanslarını etkileyen faktörleri analiz ederek, güncel bir değerlendirme ortaya koymaktır.

Keywords

• Küresel Kriz Ortamı
• Lojistik Performansı
• Kriter Ağırlıklandırma
• DEMATEL
• BWM

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