Özet:

With the decentralization of production and consumption, and the development of global trade; supply chains have become longer and more complex structures than before. It has become even more important to manage supply chains efficiently for food products such as milk and dairy products, which have a short shelf life and therefore need to be delivered very quickly under favorable conditions from the producer to the consumer. This study aims to examine the factors affecting efficiency in the supply chain of milk and dairy products after the Covid-19 outbreak. The scope of the study was determined as milk and dairy products producer companies in Konya province. Information was collected from 30 producers through a questionnaire survey. By this way, the opinions of milk and dairy producers on the efficiency of the supply chain were collected and analyzed. According to the results of the research, Long facility downtimes; Inability to accurately forecast product demand; Sharp increase in logistics costs; Insufficient personnel knowledge and High production costs were determined as factors that significantly affect efficiency after the Covid-19 outbreak. In addition, it was determined that the factors whose effect increased the most in the post-Covid-19 period compared to the pre-Covid-19 period were the High logistics costs; Fluctuations in final product demand; and High production costs, respectively. With this study, it is aimed to contribute to the productivity of the enterprises in the sector, to determine the factors that negatively affect the manufacturing enterprises after the Covid-19 outbreak and to help managers of these firms make decisions to improve their supply chains.

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