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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2014, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 65-73.

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Three-level Supply Chain Model for Deteriorating Items With Time-varying Demand Based on the Third-party Logistics Provider

CHEN Xiao-xu1,2, WANG Yong1,2, YU Hai-long1,2   

  1. 1. College of Economics& Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
    2. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Logistics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
  • Received:2011-10-04 Revised:2013-05-12 Online:2014-01-20 Published:2014-01-20

Abstract: With the development of modern logistics industry, business process outsourcing for example transporting and so on has been the trend of enterprise for market competition nowadays. Supply chain models including the third-party logistics service provider (3PL) is more practical and theoretical significance.But the existing literatures rarely consider the effect of the 3PL provider to the supply chain for the deteriorating items with time-varying. Based on this, a three-level supply chain model including the 3PL for deteriorating items with time-varying demand model is developed. Dynamic game theory is used to solve the decentralized optimal solution. The research shows that compared with the transportation costs borne separately by the manufacturer,the transportation costs borne by the 3PL provider will make the order cycle shorter and will reduce the quantity of order in a single cycle. Optimal solutions under the decentralized and the centralized are compared, the conclusion implies that considering the total system profit,the centralized decision can't make this supply chain reach coordination. Finally, a numerical example is provided to support the findings.

Key words: deteriorating items, third-party logistics, game theory, time-varying demand, supply chain coordinating

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