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The main objective of this study is to determine the applicability of DEMATEL technique, a recent method to attain optimization of supplier’s selection methods in the food and beverages industry growing continuously both quantitatively and qualitatively. By modelling what kind of application process is followed in order to determine the applicability of DEMATEL technique to food and beverages enterprises within the scope of the research, it can be expressed as the application of the model and providing resource utilization efficiency in selection of the suppliers for the food and beverages enterprises. The field study was carried out regarding applicability of DEMATEL method, which has been applied at enterprises engaging in industrial production for a long time, for supplier selection in food and beverages enterprises as an optimization model/technique.   The field study was conducted through a survey of quantitative data collection method  and applied to 416 enterprises located in  various provinces such as Adana, Afyonkarahisar, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İzmir, İstanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Manisa, Mersin, Mardin, Muğla, Nevşehir, Ordu, Sakarya, Samsun, Sivas, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon, Van where high quality food and beverages enterprises of Turkey are found heavily. As a result of the research, it has been concluded that DEMATEL method can be applied effectively in food and beverages enterprises and food and beverages enterprises can reach the optimization level in line with the selection of the right suppliers by the application of DEMATEL method.

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