Global logistic performance index: Activity in İstanbul sectoral of independent logistics investigation of performance

Logistics field with the developing world is one of the fastest growing unit in Turkey. Our country is in a critical position for the logistics sector because of its geopolitical position, with the two continents merging and being in the middle of the Middle East market, and with this developing world, the day-to-day growth is even more important. This work has been done in three stages. In the first phase, the concept of logistics was tried to be defined and the developmental processes ranging from past to present are examined. In the second stage, the share of the logistic area on the market and the development stages of the logistic field in our country and other countries have been investigated, the Logistic Performance Index concept created according to certain standards has been tried to be explained and the definitions of the reserves have been made. In the third and last phase, a survey was conducted with 65 companies operating in this sector in Istanbul for an analysis. In this analysis, it is important to note that the possibilities associated with logistics (vehicle quantities, stacking capacities and systems for controlling inventories), product ordering stages, all logistics processes, physical and computing infrastructures they own and logistics performance criteria for customs processes its effects have been examined. At the end of the analysis, the performance scores of companies in Istanbul were compared according to the performance score according to certain standards.