Formation of a strategic manufacturing and distribution network with transfer prices

We propose a profit maximization model for the decision support system of a firm that wishes to establish or rationalize a multinational manufacturing and distribution network to produce and deliver finished goods from sources to consumers. The model simultaneously evaluates all traditional location factors in a manufacturing and distribution network design problem and sets intra-firm transfer prices that take account of tax and exchange rate differentials between countries. Utilizing the generalized Benders decomposition approach, we exploit the partition between the product flow and the cash allocation (i.e., the pricing and revenue assignment) decisions in the supply chain to find near optimal model solutions. Our proposed profit maximizing strategic planning model produces intuitive results. We offer computational experiments to illustrate the potential valuable guidance the model can provide to a firm's supply chain design strategic planning process.     

基于Prosumer的互联网农业分享经济模型

构建分散小农户合作化联合,碎片化消费者社群化聚合,消费者充分参与生产端消费体验并与生产者融合为Prosumer的互联网农业共享经济模型.研究表明,消费者社群化聚合,生产者合作化联合,消费者与生产者融合为生产消费者是互联网农业分享经济有效实现形式,可促进供应链信息对称,产销对接和交易成本降低,提升农产品质量安全水平和消费者对国内农产品质量安全的信心."土地托管","乡村货的"和"俺家特供"是当前我国农业分享经济在生产,流通和消费端出现的典型案例,它们的融合发展必将成为我国互联网农业分享经济发展的主要方向.     

Modeling and optimization of energy efficient routing in wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have important applications in remote environmental monitoring and target tracking. The development of WSNs in recent years has been facilitated by the availability of sensors that are smaller, less expensive, and more intelligent. The design of a WSN depends significantly on its desired applications and must take into account factors such as the environment, the design objectives of the application, the associated costs, the necessary hardware, and any applicable system constraints. In this study, we propose mathematical models for a routing protocol (network design) under particular resource restrictions within a wireless sensor network. We consider two types of constraints: the distance between the linking sensors and the energy used by the sensors. The proposed models aim to identify energy-efficient paths that minimize the energy consumption of the network from the source sensor to the base station. The computational results show that the presented models can be used efficiently and applied to other network design contexts with resource restrictions (e.g., to multi-level supply chain networks).     

差异化竞争下考虑再制造专利许可的闭环供应链生产决策

针对高端产品和低端产品的差异化竞争,构建高端制造商将再制造专利许可作为外部竞争要素情形的闭环供应链竞合决策模型,研究消费者异质需求下再制造专利许可对闭环供应链生产决策、利润和环境效益的影响。研究结果表明:再制造专利许可是高端制造商的有效产品差异化竞争策略,可提高高端制造商利润,降低低端制造商利润;再制造专利许可策略对环境并不总是有利的,但消费者对再制造品的支付意愿越强,其环境效益越高。     

制造商检验的最优质量水平及影响因素研究

为提高我国食品质量安全水平,对小型、分散的单个供应商和一个制造商构成的食品供应链中,制造商对原材料和最终食品进行质量检测的情况,建立了以供应商和制造商各自的质量水平为决策变量的优化模型,分析了最优质量水平的影响因素和影响效应.并依据结论提出相应建议,如提高消费者对优劣食品的识别能力,发挥制造商在供应链中的监督检验作用等.     

A bottom-up biofuel market equilibrium model for policy analysis

Although the biofuel market remains at its early stage, it is expected to play an important role in climate policy in the future in the transportation sector. In this paper, we develop a bottom-up equilibrium model to study the supply chain of the biofuel market, explicitly formulating the interactions among farmers, biofuel producers, blenders, and consumers. The model is built on optimization problems faced by each entity and considers decisions associated with farmers’ land allocation, biomass transportation, biofuel production, and biofuel blending. As such, the model is capable of and appropriate for policy analysis related to interactions among multiple stakeholders. For example, the model can be used to analyze the impacts of biofuel policies on market outcomes, pass-through of taxes or subsidies, and distribution of consumers’ or producers’ surplus. The equilibrium model can also serve as an analytical tool to study the price impact of biomass, biofuel, and Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) for biofuels. We demonstrate the model by applying it to a case study of Iowa. We specifically focus on the effects of market structure, i.e., points-of-implementation on subsidies on market outcomes. The results indicate that some entities can benefit greatly at the expense of others when they possess market power. Government oversight is therefore needed to safeguard the development of the sector.     

A holistic methodology for modeling consumer response to innovation

A general structural equation model for representing consumer response to innovation is derived and illustrated. The approach both complements and extends an earlier model proposed by Hauser and Urban. Among other benefits, the model is able to take measurement error into account explicitly, to estimate the intercorrelation among exogenous factors if these exist, to yield a unique solution in a statistical sense, and to test complex hypotheses (e.g., systems of relations, simultaneity, feedback) associated with the measurement of consumer responses and their impact on actual choice behavior. In addition, the procedures permit one to model environmental and managerially controllable stimuli as they constrain and influence consumer choice. Limitations of the procedures are discussed and related to existing approaches. Included in the discussion is a development of four generic response models designed to provide a framework for modeling how consumers behave and how managers might better approach the design of products, persuasive appeals, and other controllable factors in the marketing mix.     

A vector-borne contamination model to assess food-borne outbreak intervention strategies

Food-borne illness occurs through the consumption of food that has been tainted at some point in the food supply chain. While most contamination is accidental, there is some evidence of intentional food adulteration. This study explores the relationship between food safety practices and consumer behavior in a two-stage food supply chain. We use a vector-borne model to represent the spread of contaminated food through the supply chain. Based on our computational study,we determine the number of consumers that become ill as a result of a contamination event, describe the effect of consumer consumption and purchase behavior on the spread of food-borne illness, and evaluate the effects of various intervention strategies on consumer illness.     

基于供应链视角的政府扶贫效率研究

在电商扶贫中,政府常采用农业技术推广、政府采购、投入补贴三种农业帮扶模式,何种方式更有效是一个非常重要的问题。本文基于供应链视角,使用主从博弈模型对比分析供应链成员的决策行为,之后从农户收益最大化角度分析政府扶贫的效率,并讨论应用情景。结果表明:政府进行基础设施建设与农业帮扶均可提高农户收入;消费者的扶贫偏好会增加农产品价格与农户利润,且能够提高三种帮扶模式的效率;农户投入成本较小时,投入补贴模式扶贫效率最高,而农技推广与政府采购模式更稳定,在农户投入成本较高时更有效;政府资金有限时,投入补贴模式效率最高,当资金量中等时,农技推广模式效率最高,若资金比较充裕,则政府采购模式较为有效。     

政府激励下秸秆发电供应链的演化博弈模型与分析

农户供应链的序贯决策模型,得出了供应链三方的最优决策;对比了政府激励下供应链各主体决策及利润的变化,分析了政府激励的重要性;其次,建立了在政府激励作用下,发电厂、中间商之间的演化博弈模型,并得出了合理的激励策略。最后,以某地区秸秆发电供应为例,对电厂和中间商之间的合作关系进行分析,验证模型的正确性。揭示了秸秆发电供应链合作中的规律,对电厂、中间商制定合理的激励策略具有参考价值,同时为政府调控政策提供理论依据,从而建立持久的合作关系,推动秸秆发电行业的发展。     

MEASURING THE COSTS OF REALLOCATING WATER FROM AGRICULTURE: A MULTI‐MODEL APPROACH

ABSTRACT. Increasing demand for water by environmental interests, coupled with the diminishing prospects for constructing new water diversion projects, is forcing farmers in the western United States to cope with reduced surface water deliveries. The cost of improving instream water quality by reducing agricultural diversions is shown to depend mainly on how the supply reductions are allocated among users and on the extent of water trading. A central contribution of this paper is a methodology for measuring the impacts of water supply policy reforms on irrigated agriculture. The paper nests three empirical models in a general conceptual framework. The models differ in terms of their degree of detail and assumptions about input substitution. By comparing model results, it is possible to place bounds on the consequences of policy changes, and to identify critical factors determining economic impacts. The models are applied to the problem of improving water quality in the San Francisco Bay/Delta estuary.     

考虑政府补贴的原料回收与有机肥生产供应链博弈分析

保护环境是政府的重要工作职责。为了减少养殖带来的环境污染,本文考虑了由养殖户、制造商、市场组成的原料回收-有机肥生产供应链和政府补贴政策,建立了养殖户-制造商博弈决策模型,以及供应链-政府决策博弈模型,给出了最优解的表达式,并分析了养殖户收益、制造商收益、政府支出的影响因素。结果表明,实施补贴政策情形下,养殖户和制造商收益都得到提升,政府在环境方面的支出可以减少;进一步分析表明,政府直接补贴制造商的效果更好。本文给出了考虑环保需求和存在政府补贴的供应链运作与博弈优化策略,研究结论对于相关企业提高收益和政府部门制定补贴政策具有一定的指导意义。     

Modeling reverse logistics process in the agro-industrial sector: The case of the palm oil supply chain

As today’s consumers are more and more concerned with the environmental impacts of products and services they buy, enterprises have been more and more concerned with “green operations”. One of the key aspects of green logistics management is reverse logistics. This paper shows how the potential of managing reverse logistics flows can be implemented in the agro-industrial sector. As an example, the palm oil supply chain is considered. This study is carried out under the focus of the “closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) framework” in which forward and backward product flows are considered simultaneously. A mathematical model is proposed in order to represent the dynamic interaction between flows. The objective function considers energy, cost and economic profits. Different implementation scenarios of recovery processes are proposed and interactions between direct and reverse flows in the chain are evaluated. Results are analyzed using proper statistical tools, showing that the simultaneous analysis of direct and reverse flows positively impact the net economic profits in this complex supply chain of the agro-industrial sector.     

基于预售的生鲜供应链销售模式选择与定价研究

研究预售下由供应商与零售商构成的生鲜供应链的销售模式选择与定价策略,其中包括分散与集中两种销售模式,撇脂与渗透两种定价策略。结果表明,在网络消费者对实体渠道偏好较低时,分散与集中模式均会选择撇脂定价,反之选择渗透定价。撇脂定价下,集中模式中零售商可以通过调节两个渠道的价格占有更大的市场,获取高于分散模式下的利润。而分散模式中,由于两个零售商会存在竞争,因此为了获得竞争优势该模式下的定价会存在低价销售的情形。比较销售模式可知,在网络消费者占比少或占比多但对实体渠道偏好越小时,供应商在分散模式下能获得更高的利润,反之,集中模式对供应商更有利。但是,对零售商而言,分散模式更有利于实体渠道,而集中模式更有利于网络渠道。     

碳交易机制下考虑制造商竞争的供应链协调研究

在碳交易机制背景下考虑普通制造商和低碳制造商存在竞争的情形,分别构建集中和分散模式下的供应链决策模型并对减排率以及产品销售价格进行求解。针对分散决策造成的供应链利润损失情况,采用Shapley值法对供应链进行协调,并给出契约协调机制。最后通过算例分析了Shapley值法的有效性,并对碳交易价格和消费者价格敏感性进行灵敏度分析。研究表明:Shapley值法的引入提高了供应链成员以及供应链的总利润,实现了供应链协调;碳交易机制的实施减少了碳排放总量,但较高的碳交易价格会降低供应链利润;消费者价格敏感性的增加使得普通制造商、低碳制造商、零售商以及供应链整体利润均降低。     

考虑消费者低碳偏好的供应链企业减排成本分摊比较研究

在低碳环境下,研究了单一制造商和单一零售商组成的两级低碳供应链成本分摊决策问题。考虑消费者具有环保意识,因此在购买产品时会考虑产品的碳排放。分别讨论了零售商参与减排成本分摊契约和双方Nash讨价还价成本分摊契约两种形式对碳减排、产品定价和整个供应链及其成员收益的影响。研究发现,在两种契约形式中,零售商都可以实现与制造商共同降低碳排放的目标,从而促进制造商提高碳减排率,提高供应链利润。但是基于Nash讨价还价方式的减排成本分摊契约的供应链绩效高于零售商成本分摊契约下的供应链绩效。同时消费者低碳偏好增加可以激励零售商更多地分摊减排成本,在此基础上,利用Nash讨价还价模型确定了零售商为制造商提供减排成本分摊的比例范围及其最优解。最后,通过数值分析验证了减排因子对不同决策结构的定价、零售商减排分摊比例、供应链利润等决策的影响。     

基于Kriging模型的供应链优化设计

供应链优化的目的之一是确定使得总成本最小的最佳运作水平.供应链系统是复杂的动态系统,由于库存系统的复杂性和供应链本身的不确定性,利用传统优化方法往往需要耗费一定的计算成本和经济成本.而元模型则能以简单的数学表达式较精确地刻画仿真系统的输入输出关系,为研究者分析复杂系统提供了一种分析方法.针对供应链优化问题,给出了一种基于计算机试验设计中的元模型一Kriging模型的供应链优化方法,并通过一个三级供应链问题对所提方法进行了实证研究.研究结果表明了所提方法的有效性和可用性,为供应链优化提供了一种新的研究思路.     

供应链管理中加工/外包决策问题的模型

供应链管理中的一个核心问题是零部件的加工/外包决策。本在献[1]的两部门一种原材料，一种零部件的产量优化模型的基础上，提出了两部分和三部分多种原材料、多种零部件的产量优化模型，并在此基础上发展了企业的加工/外包决策模型。本的结果可为供应链管理中加工/外包决策问题提供科学的依据。     

Competitive facility location on decentralized supply chains

This paper addresses a novel competitive facility location problem about a firm that intends to enter an existing decentralized supply chain comprised of three tiers of players with competition: manufacturers, retailers and consumers. It first proposes a variational inequality for the supply chain network equilibrium model with production capacity constraints, and then employs the logarithmic-quadratic proximal prediction–correction method as a solution algorithm. Based on this model, this paper develops a generic mathematical program with equilibrium constraints for the competitive facility location problem, which can simultaneously determine facility locations of the entering firm and the production levels of these facilities so as to optimize an objective. Subsequently, a hybrid genetic algorithm that incorporates with the logarithmic-quadratic proximal prediction–correction method is developed for solving the proposed mathematical program with an equilibrium constraint. Finally, this paper carries out some numerical examples to evaluate proposed models and solution algorithms.     

Supply chain models for small agricultural enterprises

Small agricultural production enterprises have been under immense economic pressures for many years. It is our belief that a favorable impact can be made on small farm enterprises through the development and implementation of models that address their basic needs and open new markets and production initiatives. In this paper, we develop models for supply chain issues facing small farmers, solve them, and suggest their uses and future considerations. In particular, we consider B2C and B2B aspects of an agricultural supply chain model. The B2C aspect is considered in direct farmer to consumer sales in retail markets, while the B2B aspect is represented by transactions through agricultural cooperatives. We evaluate key strategic decisions such as whether to form cooperative agreements with other farmers and if so, how large to make the cooperative, and the production quantities at which farmers would like to sell directly to customers with or without using the cooperative.