@article{article_62774, title={THE POTENTIAL OF TURKEY AS A LOGISTICS CENTER BETWEEN FAR EAST AND EUROPE: AN APPLICATION IN ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY}, journal={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Denizcilik Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={2}, pages={49–76}, year={2010}, author={Çetin, İ. Bilge and Cerit, A. Güldem}, keywords={Türkiye, Lojistik Merkez, Elektronik}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">The trade between Asia and Europe is steadily increasing. In some </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">industries the products are mainly produced in Far East countries due to </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">their cost advantages and exported Europe directly. In some cases however, </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">some final products are produced at the markets or close to them in </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">European Union since these products gain weight or volume in case they </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">are produced at origin. The electronics industry is organized in such a </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">context and the parts that are produced in the Far East countries are </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">imported by Turkey where they are assembled into electronic products and </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">exported to the European countries. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">In this study, it is tried to analyze if Turkey can be a logistics center </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">to store, distribute and add value to the parts coming from Far East and </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">sending the resulting products into the EU. In the study, location choice </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">theories and models are used. The study showed that many quantitative and </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">qualitative techniques are used in location choice decision on plant and </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">distribution centers but very few studies exist on logistics center location </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">choice. </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">The study is based on Alfred Weber’s location theory. In our </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:12.6px;">analysis, we have used the center of gravity method which is a method of  </span> <span style="font-size:.9em;">operational researches to understand if Turkey is the right location which
minimizes the transportation costs between Far East and EU.
The study has revealed that with current market potential and supply
sources, the location which minimizes the total transportation costs in
electronics industry is not within the boundaries of Turkey. Giving the
location decisions for logistics centers necessitates further studies.  </span> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi}