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Zbl 1188.90030
He, Yuanjie; Zhang, Jiang
Random yield supply chain with a yield dependent secondary market. (English)
[J] Eur. J. Oper. Res. 206, No. 1, 221-230 (2010). ISSN 0377-2217

Summary: This paper considers a simple supply chain with one supplier and one retailer where the supplier's production is subject to random yield and the retailer faces uncertain demand. There exists a secondary market for acquiring or disposing products by the supplier. We study both the centralized and decentralized systems. In the decentralized system, a no risk sharing contract and a risk sharing minimum commitment contract are analyzed. The supply chain with the risk sharing contract is further analyzed with a constant secondary market price and a yield dependent secondary market price. We present both the supplier's and the retailer's optimal strategies and provide insights for managers when making decisions under random yield risk and demand uncertainty. We find that the secondary market generally has a positive impact on supply chain performance and the actual effect of random yield risk on the supply chain performance depends on cost parameters and supply chain contract settings. Under certain conditions, reducing yield randomness may weaken the double marginalization effect and improve the chain performance. From the numerical study, we also show that there exists an optimal commitment level for the supply chain.

MSC 2000:: *90B06 Transportation, logistics

Keywords: production; supply chain management; random yield; risk sharing; commitment contract

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