Fresh product supply chain decisions involving transportation discount.

• Other Authors: Guo, Chenkai.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Food > Transportation; Food > Prices; Fishery products > Transportation; Fishery products > Prices; Business logistics
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893779; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-326555

Guo, Chenkai. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Abstract --- p.i === Acknowledgement --- p.iii === Chapter 1 --- Introduction and Literature Review --- p.1 === Chapter 2 --- Problem Description and Preliminary Results --- p.6 === Chapter 2.1 --- Traditional Decentralized Supply Chain --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- Centralized Supply Chain --- p.10 === Chapter 3 --- Transportation Discount Incentive Scheme --- p.12 === Chapter 3.1 --- TDI Scheme I --- p.12 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Optimal Order Quantity for q ≤ q- --- p.13 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Optimal Order Quantity for q > q- --- p.17 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- Inducing Coordination --- p.18 === Chapter 3.2 --- TDI Scheme II --- p.22 === Chapter 3.3 --- TDI Scheme III --- p.25 === Chapter 4 --- Third-party Logistics --- p.28 === Chapter 4.1 --- 3PL Problem Formulation --- p.28 === Chapter 4.2 --- Optimal Decisions in the Decentralized Supply Chain --- p.31 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- Optimal Decisions of the Distributor --- p.32 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Optimal Decisions of the 3PL Provider --- p.33 === Chapter 4.2.3 --- Optimal Decisions of the Producer --- p.35 === Chapter 4.3 --- Optimal Decisions in the Centralized Supply Chain --- p.37 === Chapter 4.4 --- Designing a Coordination Mechanism --- p.41 === Chapter 5 --- Computational Studies --- p.46 === Chapter 5.1 --- Numerical Study of the 3PL Model --- p.46 === Chapter 5.2 --- Comparison between the Supply Chain with and without the 3PL provider --- p.49 === Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Discussion --- p.54 === Chapter 6.1 --- TDI Concluding Remarks --- p.54 === Chapter 6.2 --- 3PL Concluding Remarks --- p.55 === Chapter 6.3 --- Future Work --- p.56 === Bibliography --- p.58