RUTCOR Colloquia - December 7, 2006
Speaker: Yao Zhao
Affiliation: Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Rutgers University
Title: Price-Only Contracts with Emergency Supply.
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Location: RUTCOR Building - Room 139, Rutgers University, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ
Abstract:
We consider a decentralized supply chain with a manufacturer and a
retailer in newsvendor setting, where the manufacturer faces the
choice between the traditional single wholesale price contract and a
two-price contract with emergency supply. In the traditional single
wholesale price contract, the manufacturer sets the price and the
retailer carries inventory. Due to long manufacturing/transportation
lead times, the retailer must place orders well before the selling
season. In the two-price contract with emergency supply, the
manufacturer adds a backup supply by carrying emergency stock at its
own warehouses. The retailer now has two ordering opportunities: order
well before the season with guaranteed supply (regular supply), and
order during the peak season to get immediate supply (emergency
supply) but the stock availability depends on the amount of the
emergency stock carried by the manufacturer. Because emergency stock
incurs additional cost, we address the following issues for the
manufacturer: (1) whether or not to provide the emergency supply? (2)
How to set prices for the regular and emergency supplies? And (3) what
happen to the overall supply chain profit? Our objective is to provide
guidelines that can aid companies in decision making regarding
emergency supply.
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