SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS WITH MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKERS

The paper develops a theoretical framework for multicriteria decision making in multitiered supply chain network in the presence of competition. This model will accommodate manufacturers, retailers, and consumers in different tiers of the supply chain network. The optimality conditions for the decision makers at each tier of the network are derived and are interpreted economically. These conditions are integrated into a single variational inequality formulation that governs the equilibrium conditions of the entire supply chain network. Also investigated are the analytic properties of the variational inequality formulations. The paper demonstrates that, under reasonable conditions, a unique production and shipment pattern exists for the manufacturers, a unique set of service levels for the retailers, a unique consumption pattern of the multiclass consumers, and a unique price pattern.

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  Elsevier

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  Kidlington, Oxford  United Kingdom  OX5 1GB
• Authors:
  • Dong, J
  • Zhang, Dan
  • Nagurney, A
• Conference:
  • Transportation and Traffic Theory in the 21st Century. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory
  • Location: University of South Australia in Adelaide, Austral
  • Date: 2002-7-16 to 2002-7-18
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 179-196

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Consumers; Decision making; Freight forwarders; Manufactures; Retail trade; Supply chain management
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00929735
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080439268
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 2 2002 12:00AM