opinions from the members of the supply chain regarding the feasibility and the
measurability of some suggested indicators and, introduced a framework for a
PMS in a tomato production line. In the Aramyan et al. model, the number of
operations was few and indices were defined in one level. In addition, their model
did not take into account the relationship between different levels. Bigliardi and
Bottani studied the food supply chain and developed a set of balanced
scorecard based performance indicators in one level.