Design and performance analysis of dynamic supply chain contracts

动态供应链契约的设计与绩效分析

• 批准号: 341346-2007
• 负责人: Song, Yuyue
• 金额: $ 1.24万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2011-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=458341
• 关键词: Design; performance; analysis; dynamic; supply

The business practices have changed dramatically in recent years, due to increased product variety resulting from manufacturing technology advancements, outsourcing as a result of information and transportation technology advancements, and more knowledgeable customers. The focus of competition has now shifted from the level of integrated supply chains to that of decentralized and independent firms collaborating with each other. Corresponding to this trend, we define the business characteristics of a product as price elasticity, supply uncertainty and demand uncertainty and the business characteristics of a market as the interaction of one business organization with other business organizations, i.e., decentralization, and its competition with other competitors. Some of these business characteristics are changing over the concerned planning horizon. On the other hand, most supply chain contracts are implemented under the assumption of constant business characteristics. If some business characteristics are changing, then the concerned planning horizon will be segmented into a number of "independent" stages. The selected supply chain contract is applied in each stage and the contract parameters need to be adjusted according to the business environment at that stage. The drawbacks of this approach are (1) "oversimplified" interaction between different stages and (2) ignoring the value of historical data in contract selection. To the best of my knowledge, no explicit attempt to address all business characteristics simultaneously in a changing environment has yet been undertaken. This research program is precisely to accomplish this. First, I plan to investigate the performance of any given common supply chain contract by taking both product and market business characteristics into consideration under a changing environment. Then, based on the performance anayisis, managerial insights will be provided to match business characteristics with features required in supply chain contracts to guide the design of supply chain contracts. Most industries (particularly retail industry) are looking forward to seeing significant progress in this area.

近年来，由于制造技术进步带来的产品种类增加、信息和运输技术进步带来的外包以及知识渊博的客户的增加，商业实践发生了巨大的变化。竞争的焦点现在已经从一体化供应链的层面转向分散的、独立的企业相互合作的层面。与这一趋势相对应，我们将产品的商业特征定义为价格弹性、供给不确定性和需求不确定性，将市场的商业特征定义为一个商业组织与其他商业组织的互动，即去中心化以及与其他竞争对手的竞争。其中一些业务特征在相关规划范围内正在发生变化。另一方面，大多数供应链合同是在业务特征不变的假设下实施的。如果某些业务特征正在发生变化，那么相关的规划范围将被分割为许多“独立”的阶段。选定的供应链合约应用于各个阶段，合约参数需要根据该阶段的业务环境进行调整。这种方法的缺点是（1）不同阶段之间的交互“过于简单化”；（2）忽略历史数据在合约选择中的价值。据我所知，尚未明确尝试在不断变化的环境中同时解决所有业务特征。本研究计划正是为了实现这一目标。首先，我计划通过在不断变化的环境下考虑产品和市场业务特征来调查任何给定通用供应链合同的绩效。然后，基于绩效分析，提供管理见解，将业务特征与供应链合同所需的特征相匹配，以指导供应链合同的设计。 大多数行业（特别是零售业）都期待在这一领域看到重大进展。