Abstract:

Efficiency of supply chain systems has been a critical issue in today’s business world where the competition has shifted from organizational level to supply chain level (Ragu-Nathan et al., 2006). As the global trade environment became more competitive, global competition forced companies to compete on multi dimensions like cost, quality, speed; consequently, efficiency of their supply chains emerged as a significant competitive advantage. Performance benchmarking has become indispensable for companies to further their improvement and stay competitive. Within this context, this paper benchmarks the performance of Turkish food and beverage companies via data envelopment analysis (DEA) and discusses their global competitiveness as well as the improvement opportunities. This might purpose to search for strengths and weaknesses at company level as well as opportunities and threats at the industry level including the international arena.