Determining and Prioritizing Supply Chain Performance Evaluation Measures Using Lean Thinking Criteria (Case of equipments supply of petrochemical projects)

Lack of proper knowledge in supply chain management that affects project success can result in increased cost and delays. Employing supply chain management in petrochemical projects, with respect to their huge size and large investments, may help to optimize use of resources and implementation time. For this purpose, supply chain management may be used to evaluate chain performance, set future performance goals, and draw appropriate path for project success. This requires a comprehensive means and measures to assess different aspects of supply chain and make systematic evaluation possible. In this study, we have developed supply chain of petrochemical industrial projects based on BSC from existing decision making models. Then, industrial projects performance and performance evaluation measures have been determined using a designed questionnaire. Finally, project performance evaluation measures are proposed based on lean thinking principles and ranked using Expert Choice software.