Thesis on Measuring the Production Efficiency of Dairy Production in KOOP Factory in North Cyprus by Data Envelopment Analysis

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the production efficiency of the Dairy Production specifically White Cheese and Hellim Production and Total Cheese Production in one of the biggest dairy factories, KOOP in North Cyprus. Data Envelopment Analysis is applied for during the 35-month period interval between 2018 and 2020 among 5 Inputs and 2 Outputs. Processed Milk Amount, Energy Cost, Production Loss, Labor Cost, Production Amount are inputs whereas Sale Costs and 1/Waste are chosen as outputs. Input-oriented BCC model has been applied. White Cheese Production is found to be more efficient than Hellim Production. Nevertheless, increasing importance of Hellim with PDO and export opportunities via Green Line would promote its Production in the next 3-year period. Seasonal effects, political decisions and pandemic period played important role in decrease in efficiency of production in certain months. The paper gives suggestions on how to support the efficient production of both cheese types by decreasing the production loss, energy costs and wastes.