A supply chain with a service requirement for each market signal

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)322-342
Journal / PublicationProduction and Operations Management
Volume16
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We study a single-period two-stage service-constrained supply chain with an information update. The buyer has two procurement opportunities with the second one after observing a market signal, which updates the demand forecast. He also commits to a service level after observing the market signal. We derive his optimal ordering decisions and show that the critical market signal, the optimal first-stage order quantity, and the optimal expected profit are monotone with respect to the target service level. We also discuss the impact of the forecast quality on the optimal decisions. We show that the optimal first-stage order quantity may not be monotone with respect to information accuracy, as is in the case without the service constraint. In addition, we extend our analysis to the situation when an order cancellation is allowed upon the observation of the market signal. We also compare the results obtained for the problems with and without an order cancelation. Finally, we discuss the supply chain coordination issue and find that a buyback contract can also coordinate the supply chain in the presence of the service constraint. © 2007 Production and Operations Management Society.

Research Area(s)

  • Customer service level, Dynamic programming, Information update, Supply chain

Citation Format(s)

A supply chain with a service requirement for each market signal. / Sethi, Suresh P.; Yan, Houmin; Zhang, Hanqin et al.
In: Production and Operations Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, 05.2007, p. 322-342.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review