The Development of a Decision Support System for Iron and Steel Industry in Turkey
Turgut ÖZSEVEN Muharrem DÜGENCİ Filiz ERSÖZ Halil İbrahim DEMİR
AbstractSince ancient times Iron and Steel Industry has great importance in the community development and in the development of various industries. Especially in developing countries, iron and steel sector has pioneered to continuing other sectors. Iron and steel sector which is an important sector for Turkey and the World has an important place in the industrialization in the global economy and the country’s economy. This study is performed to develop a decision support system for the iron and steel industry for the managers of the iron and steel sector business, associations and institutions. Solving the problems arising from supply-demand imbalance of iron and steel products, Closing directions of uncovering the balance of payments deficit, Uncertainty in the imports and exports estimates, Developing a database for the institutions and organizations for the needs, profiles and projections, Creating long term strategies and the idea of development of close cooperation between industry and university are the major driving forces of this study.