Studies on decentralized supply chain: incentives and coordination.

• Other Authors: Lu, Meng.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Business logistics > Data processing; Business logistics > Mathematical models
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6075195; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-344828

In Chapter 4, we consider a supply chain which consists of a manufacturer, a logistics service provider (LSP) and a retailer. The LSP provides the emergency replenishment, financing and logistics services. The advent of the LSP changes the structure and incentive in the traditional one-supplier-one-retailer channel. We develop a framework of 3-player game to investigate the dynamics and competitive behaviors with multiple decision sequences. We provide the explicit equilibria for different decision sequences and demonstrate the possibility that the LSP and the manufacturer collude to create price increment, which squeezes out the retailer. Whereas, the triple marginalization effect is alleviated. === Supply chain coordination and associated contracts have been an active research area for supply chain management research. Yet, little has been done in addressing robustness matters of design, evaluation, and implementation for these coordination contracts. In chapter 2 and 3, we develop a consistency framework for supply chain contracts and classify a number of well-studied contracts into groups. We demonstrate with examples that coordination contracts can be evaluated by their consistency properties. Based on precise mathematical definitions and subsequently developed structural properties and management insights, we are not only able to measure the goodness of supply contracts but also to reveal the nature of their coordination. Our findings open an avenue for design, evaluation and implementation of supply chain coordination contracts. === Lu, Meng. === Adviser: Houmin Yan. === Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-06, Section: B, page: . === Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-147). === Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. === Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. === Abstract also in Chinese.