多商品流供应链网络应对随机需求扰动研究

研究随机需求下多生产商与多零售商组成、生产和销售多种产品的供应链网络如何应对需求扰动问题。利用Nash均衡理论与变分不等式方法,给出了突发事件发生前随机需求多商品流供应链网络供给市场、零售市场和需求市场的均衡条件和经济解释,建立了刻画各层均衡和供应链网络整体均衡的变分不等式模型。当突发事件导致需求扰动,供需矛盾将引起需求市场价格波动和供应链运作风险的激增。分析生产商允许零售商二次订货和退货下供应链网络均衡的变化,建立了基于二次订货与退货合同可应对需求扰动的随机需求多商品供应链网络均衡变分不等式模型。数值算例验证了模型的合理性,表明二次订货与退货合同可有效应对需求扰动。     

随机需求下直销多商品流供应链网络均衡模型

建立了随机需求下直销多商品流供应链网络均衡模型,导出了供应链网络达到均衡的条件,它等价于一个有限维变分不等式.通过构建修改拟牛顿法,获得了随机需求下直销多商品流供应链网络均衡模型的解(变分不等式的解),并给出了1个算例,验证了模型的正确性和算法的可行性.     

废旧产品分类管理的随机需求闭环供应链网络均衡

研究由多个供应商,制造商,(一级,二级)零售商,(一级,二级)需求市场,回收中心组成的七层闭环供应链网络,需求市场区分为新产品需求市场(一级需求市场)和旧货需求市场(二级需求市场),其中新产品需求市场需求是随机的,应用蒙特卡洛方法对随机需求模拟和采样.回收中心把从一级需求市场回收的废旧产品进行分类管理,分别把可循环利用的原材料给供应商,把可再制造的废旧产品给制造商,把可修理产品回收中心自己处理.再制造产品同修理后产品通过二级零售商满足二级需求市场.分别构建了基于随机需求的闭环供应链网络中各成员利润最大化模型,利用均衡理论和变分不等式理论得到网络各成员的均衡条件,最终得到整个闭环供应链网络的均衡.通过求解满足等式约束变分不等式的对数二次逼近预测校正法(LQP-PC)得到闭环供应链网络各成员利润最大化的均衡采购量,交易量,新产品和旧货需求市场的价格.最后通过算例及对废旧产品分配比率灵敏度分析,说明了废旧产品分类管理的重要性.     

随机需求下的多条竞争供应链的网络均衡模型

针对供应链与供应链竞争问题,研究随机需求下多条竞争供应链网络之间的竞争行为。通过定义产品市场链说明供应链网络之间是如何竞争的,在市场需求是随机且产品的品牌有差异的情况下,利用多项式logit模型以及变分不等式的方法,构建了具有随机需求的多条竞争供应链的网络均衡模型.模型很好的刻画了包含多条供应链,且每条供应链具有多个层次的供应链网络之间的竞争行为,研究表明供应链与供应链的竞争可以看作是由核心企业所决定的供应链网络之间的竞争.最后,通过一个算例说明了模型的合理性和有效性.     

顾客选择偏好下的供应链竞争的随机用户均衡模型

本文建立了具有顾客选择偏好的供应链与供应链竞争随机用户网络均衡模型。基于随机用户均衡理论和logit模型,利用变分不等式,得出在竞争均衡态下胜出的供应链,其市场占有率和所提供产品的市场价格等参数。该模型从供应链与供应链竞争的角度,很好刻画了顾客的对具有价格等差异性的同类产品的选择偏好,并给出了研究思路,适用算法和合理的经济解释。     

考虑直销的多期供应链网络均衡模型

研究了直销供应链网络动态均衡模型,分别对制造商、零售商和需求市场的决策者的多期独立决策行为及其相互作用进行了分析,利用变分不等式构建了各层均衡模型以及系统均衡模型,得到了系统达到均衡的条件,给出了具体算例并进行了求解.构建的供应链网络动态均衡模型具有更好的适用性及普遍性,为供应链的各层成员保持供应链的稳定和长期均衡提供决策依据和决策方法.     

动态供应链网络均衡模型构建与分析

基于单一商品流,考虑了时间变量和库存问题,建立了三层动态供应链网络结构模型.对制造商、零售商和需求市场的多期独立决策行为及其相互作用进行了分析,应用变分不等式构建了各层均衡模型和整个供应链网络均衡模型.最后与相关文献的模型进行了比较.     

基于快速响应策略的需求关联复杂供应链动态产量联合优化

研究了多阶多厂区情境下的需求关联多产品(零部件)多层供应链动态多周期的联合生产最优策略和条件.首先建立了刻画创新型产品多层供应链各节点之间的需求关联投入产出矩阵,为构造快速响应策略,以布朗运动描述各零部件的累计市场随机需求,构建了最小化含有随机干扰耦合和受控扩散过程的供应链网络系统运营成本目标函数模型.求解和证明得到使供应链网络的长期平均系统总运营成本最小化的最优联合生产控制策略及相应关键参数.文章进一步给出了各关键运营指标对系统参数的敏感度数值分析和变化趋势,指出该需求关联复杂供应链在最优生产控制策略下实现系统整体协调的关键.该研究将为后续具有关联需求复杂供应网络随机动态产量联合优化研究有一定借鉴,也对业务外包和新的产业分工下的供应链分散决策协调和优化有着一定的现实意义.     

具有产能和价格约束的单产品流网络均衡研究

针对制造商存在产能约束以及需求市场中存在限制性价格上限的情形,研究了由多个相互竞争制造商与面临随机市场需求的多个相互竞争零售商组成的供应链网络均衡问题。运用变分不等式理论,分别刻画了制造商、零售商以及需求市场的最优行为,建立了供应链网络均衡模型。利用求解变分不等式的对数二次逼近的预测校正法设计了网络均衡解的求解算法。结合算例分析了产能约束和限制性价格上限对网络均衡的影响。结果表明:当政府对竞争市场实行限制性价格上限时,将导致需求市场中的商品短缺,并造成制造商和零售商的总利润减少;当存在产能限制时,将导致无价格限制的商品均衡价格更高以及需求市场中商品短缺量更大。     

基于风险管理的动态供应链超网络均衡模型

基于风险管理的动态供应链超网络均衡模型的研究有助于供应链超网络节点厂商在动态环境下优化其风险管理,降低风险损失,提升供应链网络在风险管理下的竞争优势。本文以三层供应链超网络为研究对象,采用风险发生概率和损失函数表达供应链超网络中节点厂商中断风险的特征,构建了基于风险管理的动态供应链超网络均衡模型。模型中包括三种类型的节点,产品生产商、零售商和需求市场,生产商考虑风险损失的情况下,基于动态变化的风险、需求和成本追求个体期望效益最优化。接着,通过进化变分不等式来表达动态供应链超网络风险管理下的均衡解,并采用投影动态系统求解进化变分不等式,通过数值算例验证方法的可靠性和合理性,通过投影动态系统解释某一个厂商趋近均衡解的过程。通过单一厂商趋近均衡解的过程,阐述其他厂商相应的最优决策。     

由零售商负责回收的多期闭环供应链网络均衡

本文研究了零售商回收模式下多期闭环供应链网络均衡问题。制造商通过零售渠道将产品销售给消费者,以满足消费市场需求,同时消费产生的废旧品由零售商回收返回制造商处进行再制造,通过产品库存和回收废旧品连接相邻规划期。运用变分不等式理论和互补理论,分别刻画了制造市场、零售市场和消费市场的均衡,接着构建了多期闭环供应链网络均衡模型。利用变分不等式的投影收缩算法,对模型进行求解。算例着重分析了废旧品利用率对网络均衡状态和供应链成员利润的影响。结果表明:当制造商的废旧品利用率逐渐增加时,回收量逐渐增加,制造商的利润先减后增,零售商利润一直增加,而供应链总利润一直增加,供应链网络中的最优决策变量主要受到回收量约束的影响。     

Supply chain networks,electronic commerce,and supply side and demand side risk

In this paper, we develop a supply chain network model in which both physical and electronic transactions are allowed and in which supply side risk as well as demand side risk are included in the formulation. The model consists of three tiers of decision-makers: the manufacturers, the distributors, and the retailers, with the demands associated with the retail outlets being random. We model the optimizing behavior of the various decision-makers, with the manufacturers and the distributors being multicriteria decision-makers and concerned with both profit maximization and risk minimization. We derive the equilibrium conditions and establish the finite-dimensional variational inequality formulation. We provide qualitative properties of the equilibrium pattern in terms of existence and uniqueness results and also establish conditions under which the proposed computational procedure is guaranteed to converge. We illustrate the supply chain network model through several numerical examples for which the equilibrium prices and product shipments are computed. This is the first multitiered supply chain network equilibrium model with electronic commerce and with supply side and demand side risk for which modeling, qualitative analysis, and computational results have been obtained.     

多商品流多期供应链网络均衡模型

针对具有多种商品流的三层供应链网络结构模型,考虑时间变量和库存问题,分别对制造商、零售商和需求市场的决策者的多期独立决策行为及其相互作用进行了分析,利用变分不等式构建了各层均衡模型以及系统均衡模型,得到了系统达到均衡的条件,给出了具体算例并进行了求解,最后与相关文献的模型进行了比较.     

Formulation and analysis of horizontal mergers among oligopolistic firms with insights into the merger paradox: a supply chain network perspective

In this paper, we consider oligopolistic firms with supply chain networks who are involved in the production, storage, and distribution of a homogeneous product to demand markets and explore what has become known in the literature as the “merger paradox.” We present the oligopolistic supply chain network equilibrium model associated with the competing firms before the horizontal mergers and also develop the supply chain network optimization model post the complete merger. In addition, we develop the model in which only a subset of the firms in the industry merge. The governing concept of the competing firms is that of Cournot–Nash equilibrium. We utilize finite-dimensional variational inequality theory for the formulation, analysis, and solution of both the pre and the post-merger supply chain network problems. We provide numerical examples for which we compute the total costs, the total revenues, as well as the profits obtained for the firms pre and post the mergers for a variety of distinct oligopoly problems. The generality of the network models and the flexibility of the computational approach, which yields closed form expressions for the product flows at each iteration, allows us to obtain deeper insights into the merger paradox.     

多层级乳品供应链网络均衡问题研究

以乳品供应链网络为研究对象,构建包含原奶供应商、乳品加工企业、乳品分销商、终端消费市场四层决策主体的乳品供应链网络均衡模型。利用均衡理论和变分不等式理论,描述每个决策者的独立行为以及决策者之间相互影响的竞争行为,采用修正投影法求出均衡解,并给出经济解释,通过数值算例验证模型的合理性和正确性。这一均衡模型有助于协调供应链中各成员之间的利益关系,提升乳品供应链整体运作效率,提高乳品行业的竞争力。     

基于风险偏好的供应链企业社会责任投入与定价策略研究

本文研究制造商承担企业社会责任时,竞争市场下供应链的均衡价格策略。通过Stackelberg博弈模型,探讨供应链成员的风险规避程度、竞争市场的需求波动性和竞争市场的需求相关性以及制造商企业社会责任水平对供应链均衡策略的影响。研究表明,在制造商承担企业社会责任时,风险规避程度对价格策略的影响依赖于制造商企业社会责任水平的高低;竞争市场的需求波动性较大或竞争市场需求相关性较高时,制造商向下游风险规避型零售商提供较低的批发价格合约, 此时产品的市场价格降低,消费者福利增加;当制造商的生产成本较低时,承担越高的企业社会责任导致消费者福利增加;反之,当制造商的生产成本较高时,消费者福利总是减少。     

Supply chain networks,wages, and labor productivity: insights from Lagrange. analysis and computations

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically demonstrated the importance of labor to supply chain network activities from production to distribution with shortfalls in labor availability, for numerous reasons, resulting in product shortages and the reduction of profits of firms. Even as progress has been made through vaccinations, issues associated with labor are still arising. Increasing wages is a strategy to enhance labor productivity and, also to ameliorate, in part, labor shortages, but has not, until this work, been explored in a full supply chain network context. Specifically, in this paper, a game theory supply chain network model is constructed of firms competing in producing a substitutable, but differentiated, product, and seeking to determine their equilibrium product path flows, as well as hourly wages to pay their workers, under fixed labor amounts associated with links, and wage-responsive productivity factors. The theoretical and computational approach utilizes the theory of variational inequalities. We first introduce a model without wage bounds on links and then extend it to include wage bounds. Lagrange analysis is conducted for the latter model, which yields interesting insights, as well as an alternative variational inequality formulation. A series of numerical examples reveals that firms can gain in terms of profits by being willing to pay higher wages, resulting in benefits also for their workers, as well as consumers, who enjoy lower demand market prices for the products. However, sensitivity analysis should be conducted to determine the range of such wage bounds. Ultimately, we observed, that the profits may decrease and then stabilize. This work adds to the literature on the integration of concepts from economics and operations research for supply chain networks and also has policy implications.

     

Bullwhip effect in a supply chain model with multiple delivery delays

We develop a model of differential equations for a supply chain with delivery time delays between every adjacent firms. Based on the supply chain model, we provide a new perspective of the bullwhip effect and show that the bullwhip effect is intrinsic in supply chains in the sense that the equilibrium state of each firm in the supply chain is a cumulative forward product of the ratios of order fulfillment and placement between adjacent firms toward the end customer demand. We also show that it is the multiple time delays instead of the constant end consumer demand that determine the stability of the equilibrium states. However, the consumer demand has impacts on the stability of the equilibrium states of the supply chain when the end retailer’s inventory decisions are linearly related to the end consumer demand.