scholarly journals Coordination Analysis of Revenue Sharing in E-Commerce Logistics Service Supply Chain With Cooperative Distribution

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401987053 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaoguang Zhong ◽  
Fangfang Guo ◽  
Zhiqiang Wang ◽  
Huajun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Service Supply Chain ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making System ◽  
Service Supply Chains

With the rapid development of e-commerce, logistics distribution has become the bottleneck of its development. It is urgent to study how to optimize the cooperation between e-commerce platforms and logistics service providers. Based on Stackelberg game theory, this research first studies the decision making of two-stage logistics service supply chains consisting of the e-commerce mall and the logistics service provider without cooperative distribution, in which decentralization and centralization are analyzed, respectively. Then, it is extended to the decision making of three-stage logistics service supply chains consisting of e-commerce malls, express delivery companies, and terminal distributors. The results show that the profit, sales volume, and logistics service effort of the centralized decision-making system are higher than those of the decentralized decision-making system, regardless of the two-stage or three-stage logistics service supply chain. Therefore, it is vital to formulate a reasonable profit distribution scheme based on revenue-sharing contract to achieve the cooperation among the partners of logistics service supply chain, so as to achieve a win-win situation in which all of their profits increase. Finally, a numerical example is presented to verify the results, and some issues are proposed for future research.

scholarly journals Revenue-Sharing Contract Models for Logistics Service Supply Chains with Mass Customization Service

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihua Liu ◽  
Xuan Zhao ◽  
Runze Wu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Mass Customization ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Revenue Sharing Contract ◽  
One To One ◽  
The One ◽  
Service Supply Chains

The revenue-sharing contract is one of the most important supply chain coordination contracts; it has been applied in various supply chains. However, studies related to service supply chains with mass customization (MC) are lacking. Considering the equity of benefit distribution between the members of service supply chains, in this paper, we designed two revenue-sharing contracts. The first contract for the maximum equity of a single logistics service integrator (LSI) and single functional logistics service provider (FLSP) in a two-echelon logistics service supply chain was designed by introducing the fair entropy function (“one to one” model). Furthermore, the method is extended to a more complex supply chain, which consists of a single LSI and multiple FLSPs. A new contract was designed not only for considering the equity of an LSI and each FLSP but also for the equity between each FLSP (“one toN” model). The “one to one” model in three-echelon LSSC is also provided. The result exemplifies that, whether in the “one to one” model or “one toN” model, there exists a best interval of customized level when the revenue-sharing coefficient reaches its maximum.

Environmental sustainability of logistics service provider: an ANP-QFD approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine Siu Lee Lam ◽  
Jing Dai
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Logistics Service

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology with systematic metrics for logistics service providers (LSPs) to develop their environmental sustainability performance in the context of green supply chain management. Design/methodology/approach – An integrated analytical approach which combines analytical network process (ANP) with quality function deployment (QFD) is proposed to develop LSPs’ environmental sustainability performance. In the approach, QFD is used to translate customer requirements (CRs) for “green” concerns into multiple criteria for LSP’s design requirements (DRs). ANP is used to analyze the inter-relationships among the various CRs and DRs. Findings – The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by applying it to a global LSP. A case study shows how the proposed “ANP-QFD” technique can be deployed to understand customers’ expectation for environment management and develop tactics and measures with the aim to achieve the desirable outcome for LSPs’ environmental sustainability performance. Practical implications – Firms that emphasize sustainability as a competitive priority will benefit by communicating sustainability efforts to customers. Therefore, “ANP-QFD” is an integrative method which helps develop LSPs’ environmental sustainability performance by enabling logistics managers incorporate the “voice” of customers for environmental concerns into their decision-making process. The study demonstrates how to develop LSPs to be greener in order to realize the requirements of green supply chains. The proposed integrated approach can also be applied in other decision-making scenarios for effective green supply chain management. Originality/value – Various approaches that can deal with multiple and conflicting criteria have been adopted for LSP assessment in the literature. However, they fail to include the impact of business objectives and the requirements of company stakeholders (customer in this study) in the identification of performance criteria for LSP. They also did not incorporate the environmental sustainability perspective. This paper contributes to the emerging research topic of environmental sustainability in logistics and supply chains by tackling these inadequacies in the literature. The study facilitates LSPs and the supply chains they serve in achieving better economic and environmental performance, thus leading to truly sustainable outcomes.

scholarly journals Coordination of Time-Varying Price Supply Chain with Risk-Averse Members under Random Order Response Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Shuanjun Song ◽  
Minyan Zhang ◽  
Sheng Hu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
Coordination Effect ◽  
Decision Making Model

A joint contract is proposed to coordinate the time-varying supply chain of risk-averse manufacturers and retailers. The joint contract uses price reduction subsidies and revenue-sharing strategies to enable manufacturers and retailers to share risks and achieve overall coordination of the supply chain. Firstly, a centralized and a decentralized decision-making model of the risk-averse supply chain are established. On this basis, reasons for the supply chain failure to coordinate are analyzed, and a joint contract is designed. Then, the specific form of the joint contract is given. Finally, the coordination effect of the joint contract is quantitatively analyzed through numerical analysis.

scholarly journals Research on Coordination Complexity of E-Commerce Logistics Service Supply Chain

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Yaoguang Zhong ◽  
Fangfang Guo ◽  
Huajun Tang ◽  
Xumei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Global Optimum ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Coordination Strategies ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Business Logistics ◽  
Service Supply Chain ◽  
Last Mile

With the rapid growth of E-commerce business, logistics service, especially the last-mile distribution, has become one bottleneck, which leads to the rise of coordination complexity of logistics service supply chain (LSSC). This research, based on Stackelberg’s game theory, studies the coordination of a new three-echelon LSSC consisting of an E-commerce mall, an express company, and a terminal distribution service provider and investigates the optimal solutions and profits for each party within the semicentralized and centralized LSSC alliances, respectively. To accomplish this, it firstly shows that the three-echelon LSSC can lead to global optimum under the centralized decision-making scenario and then deploys the contract coordination schemes, including revenue sharing, cost sharing, and unit delivery price contracts, in three semicentralized alliances, so as to achieve the same performance of the centralized decision-making scenario, in which each party in the LSSC can achieve the win-win situation. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the feasibility and the effectiveness of the proposed coordination strategies. This study enriches the coordination theory in the field of LSSC and provides managerial insights for decision makers in LSSC.

scholarly journals Contracting Fashion Products Supply Chains When Demand Is Dependent on Price and Sales Effort

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wei ◽  
Liyang Xiong
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Wholesale Price ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Effort Level ◽  
Optimal Decisions ◽  
Fashion Products ◽  
Revenue Sharing Contract ◽  
Investment Level

This paper investigates optimal decisions in a two-stage fashion product supply chain under two specified contracts: revenue-sharing contract and wholesale price contract, where demand is dependent on retailing price and sales effort level. Optimal decisions and related profits are analyzed and further compared among the cases where the effort investment fee is determined and undertaken either by the retailer or the manufacturer. Results reveal that if the retailer determines the effort investment level, she would be better off under the wholesale price contract and would invest more effort. However, if the manufacturer determines the effort level, he prefers to the revenue-sharing contract most likely if both parties agree on consignment.

scholarly journals Study on Task Assignment of Two-stage Multi-service Capability Port Logistics Service Providers

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaowei Meng ◽  
Xiaoguang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Task Assignment ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Service Supply Chain ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Port Logistics ◽  
Service Capability

This paper mainly studies the problem of multi-task assignment of providers in port logistics service supply chain. As a core enterprise, port plays the role of logistics service integrator.With the continuous development of industrial integration, logistics service providers not only provide one kind of logistics service, but also develop into composite suppliers who capable of providing a variety of logistics services . This paper studies the task assignment problem of multi-service capability providers in the port logistics service supply chain. The two-stage logistics service provider task assignment model was built ,which is based on the mixed evaluation method (including MOORA and FMEA) and the multi-objective planning method. Eventually, the effectiveness of the model method was verified by combining with an example.

scholarly journals Sharing Logistics Service Supply Chain with Revenue-Sharing vs. Cost-Sharing Contracts

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Ying Luo ◽  
Qiang Wei ◽  
Xinyu Gou ◽  
Dai Dai ◽  
Yiran Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Joint Distribution ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Pareto Improvement ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Service Supply Chain ◽  
Distribution Company ◽  
Feasible Solutions ◽  
Study Designs

The purpose of this study is to explore the design of equity cooperation mechanism in the sharing logistics service supply chain. This study designs a two-echelon logistics service supply chain composed of an urban joint distribution company and N logistics companies. The urban joint distribution company is jointly established by N logistics companies based on specific shares of equity investment. We establish sharing logistics service supply chain models under revenue-sharing or cost-sharing contracts. Revenue-sharing factor or cost-sharing factor is the equity cooperation parameter. When the members of the supply chain choose to cooperate in revenue-sharing or cost-sharing mechanism, not all cooperation scenarios considered in the study can achieve Pareto improvement of the total profit of the supply chain, but at least one situation can achieve Pareto improvement. This study provides feasible solutions for logistics companies to join the sharing logistics service platform and provides a reference for the operation of a joint distribution platform established by logistics companies. New results and managerial insights are derived by the sharing logistics service supply chain with revenue-sharing vs cost-sharing contracts, which enriches the interfaces of the operation of the sharing logistics service supply chain.

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