Pathology of the Challenges of Evaluating Supply Chain Performance Processes and Risks (Case Study: Industrial Companies of the Islamic Republic of Iran)

The supply chain management is planning process, execution, and control of efficient flow of raw materials, inventories of work in process, target products, and also related information flow from the initial to consumption point; therefore, it influences on all activities of organization, company, etc. Therefore, attention to opportunities and threats in industry and business and evaluation of industries and companies’ power are necessary in confrontation with uncertainties and risks, and supply chain management is so significant. This article has descriptive-applied method. Data analysis was based on analytical hierarchical process (AHP), and results of article showed that the risk of manufacturer is in the first rank as the most important risk of supply chain with 0.410 importance degree, then target customer risks with 0.269 importance degree, supplier risks with 0.212 importance degree, and finally distributor risks with 0.109 importance degree are in the second to fourth rank, respectively.