Price discount based on early order commitment in a single manufacturer-multiple retailer supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Xie, Jinxing ^a   Zhou, Deming ^b   Wei, Jerry C ^c   Zhao, Xiande ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Early order commitment; Gaming; Price discount; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

AR(1) PROCESS; AUTOCORRELATED; COST PARAMETERS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DELIVERY LEAD TIME; DISCOUNT SCHEME; EARLY ORDER COMMITMENT; FIXED-ORDER; GAMING; GENERAL SITUATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPTIMAL COSTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRICE DISCOUNT; RETAILER SUPPLY CHAINS; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; SUPPLY CHAIN COSTS; THREE SOLUTIONS; WHOLE SALE PRICES;

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 69249203763     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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