Küresel Kriz Ekseninde Lojistik Sekt rü ve Rekabet Analizi

In many countries where international trade is dense, many sectors were negatively affected by the crisis. One of the sectorswhich were affected by the crisis was the logistics sector. The surplus capacity which was caused by the trading volume shrinkingas a result of the global crisis and by decreased orders took effect in the world and therefore in our country with its global logisticsdimension.Since logistics activities have a significant share in operating costs, even small cost differences occurred in the activities suchas transportation, storing, stock management, packaging, etc. directly affect competitive power.In this context, the logistics sector is a sector which is directly affected by all kinds of fluctuations in the economy of acountry. The financial crisis reduces the demand for logistics services and the sector becomes narrow. In the present study, it isaimed to reveal whether the sector which is quite new for our country is capable of dealing with the decreased trading volume ornot using SWOT analysis.The stakeholders in the present study are logistics sector, transportation sector, the Turkish State Railways, the TurkishAirlines, the Turkey Maritime Organization, storage firms, academicians, students in the departments of logistics, the employeesof Directorate General of Customs Control.248 of the 600 questionnaire forms sent to the abovementioned stakeholders were filled and the results were based on thefindings obtained. The strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and the threats related to the logistics sector and competitionanalysis under the effect of the global crisis have been unrevealed based on the results of the survey data administered to thestakeholders.The results obtained are as follows;Strengths Increased demand of qualified human resources of firms, Strong capital structures of firms, Rich alternatives of firms over selecting transporting points, Big size of fleet in land transportation, Possible points to locate a logistics base and harbours, Ability to establish supply chain,, Low cost of human resources, Employment of human resources that have experience in logistics training, Experience in crisis management.Weaknesses Lack of qualified personnel and lack of experience in firms, Lack of use of technology in firms, Lack of use of information technologies, Lack of information technologies in use, Under use of environmentally friendly transportation systems, Over use of land transport, Lack of information of and interest in legal regulations, Difficulty in external funding, Very less interest in railwa