Supply chain coordination with inventory risk allocation

考虑库存风险分配下的供应链协调

Unlike the traditional decentralized channel,the drop-shipping channel entails a retailer relaying consumers’orders to the manufacturer,which proceeds to stock the orders and directly ship them to the consumers.This study explores supply chain coordination and product quality in drop-shipping and traditional channels.Specifically,we analyze the performance of both channels under wholesale price and revenue-sharing contracts.Our study yields several key findings.First,the revenue-sharing contract can coordinate both traditional and drop-shipping channels,effectively increasing supply chain performance.Second,given the channel structure,the retailer prefers the wholesale price contract,whereas the manufacturer prefers the revenue-sharing contract.Third,product quality is higher in the drop-shipping channel when demand uncertainty is high.Finally,the implementation of the revenue-sharing contract increases product quality in the traditional channel,whereas it keeps product quality unchanged in the drop-shipping channel.

与传统渠道不同,代发货渠道下,零售商将消费者的订单直接传递给制造商,再由制造商将生产出的产品配送给消费者。本文研究了在传统渠道和代发货渠道中的供应链协调和产品质量问题。具体来说,本文分析了在批发价和收益共享契约下两种渠道的利润和质量表现。研究结论发现,首先,收益共享契约可以协调传统渠道和代发货渠道,有效地提高供应链的利润。其次,在给定渠道结构的情况下,零售商更倾向于批发价契约,而制造商更倾向于收益共享契约。第三,当面对较高的需求不确定性时,代发货渠道的产品质量更高。最后,收益共享契约的实施会提高传统渠道下的产品质量,而代发货渠道下的产品质量保持不变。