Coordinating a three level supply chain in a price-sensitive demand environment
by Santanu Sinha, S.P. Sarmah
International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2010

Abstract: Supply chain coordination is one of the important issues in supply chain management. In the literature, quite a good number of models have been developed to coordinate two-stage supply chain under different situations. However, there has been little research on modelling supply chain coordination in more than two stages. In this paper, we have developed a three-level coordination model with price sensitive market demand and variable production rate of the manufacturer. An all-unit quantity discount scheme is used to coordinate the entire channel and a mechanism is proposed to share the coordination benefit based on the relative bargaining power of each channel member. Finally, a numerical study is carried out to illustrate the efficacy of the model.

Online publication date: Wed, 01-Sep-2010

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com