The inventories carried in a supply chain as strategic tool to influence the competing firms are considered be (SI). We present two-period game-theoretic model, which singular manufacturer supplies products pair of identical Cournot duopolistic retailers. show that SI by retailers under dynamic contract is Pareto-dominating for manufacturer, retailers, consumers, channel, and society well. also...

Recently, market globalization and competition have forced companies to find alternative means to boost sales and revenue. The use of the cash flow is increasingly becoming a viable alternative for managers to improve their company’s profitability in a supply chain. In today’s business transactions, a supplier usually asks a manufacturer to pay via the advance-cash-credit (ACC) payment scheme i...

Article history: Received June 25, 2015 Received in revised format: October 12, 2015 Accepted December 15, 2015 Available online December 17 2015 This paper analyzes a supply chain, which consists of a manufacturer, a retailer and several suppliers in which the retailer orders jobs to the manufacturer and the suppliers provide the requiring parts. The manufacturer schedules and processes the or...

In response to increasing political and individual awareness of the need to address the social and environmental costs of unsafe, inefficient and highly polluting driving styles, the Foot-LITE research project seeks to deliver innovative driver/vehicle interface systems and services to encourage and hopefully persuade sustained changes to driving styles and wider travel behaviour. Stakeholders’...

With the raise of consumers' environmental awareness, automobile manufacturers try to add production lines new energy vehicles. This paper deals with pricing and investment decision issues an manufacturer for different types cars. The purchase preference vehicle is formulated as a function manufacturer's on facility advertisement. Aiming maximize total profit manufacturer, we construct model. B...