Selection of Plant Location for Hemp Fibre Production in TR72 Region

This study has emerged within the scope of the sectoral studies requested by the Ministry of Industry\rand Technology of Turkish Republic from the Development Agencies, and aims to select the\roptimal plant location among the organized industrial zones in the TR72 Region consisting of\rKayseri, Sivas and Yozgat provinces in order to produce processed fibre from the raw fibre obtained\ras a by-product of hemp cultivation. The criteria such as parcel unit price, electricity unit price,\rservice water unit price, waste water unit price, natural gas unit price, insurance premium\remployer's share support period, investment contribution rate for insurance premium employer’s\rshare support, tax reduction rate, investment contribution rate for tax reduction, interest or profit\rshare support, access to raw material sources, access to market and access to qualified labour supply\rthat form the basis for the selection of plant location were determined and weighted according to\rthe Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method The most available plant\rlocation among the emerging alternatives was determined by using Multi-Criteria Decision Making\rMethods consisting of Combined Comprimise Solution (COCOSO), Complex Proportional\rAssessment (COPRAS) and Multi-Attributive Ideal-Real Comparative Analysis (MAIRCA).\rConsequently, it was concluded that Kaleseramik Private Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ) located\rin Yozgat province is the most available plant location among the other seven alternatives.