Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuyan Wang, Mei Su, Liang Shen, Rongyun Tang
Summary: This study explores the influence of government subsidy, CSR coefficient, and fairness concerns on decision-making in closed-loop supply chain models. It is found that there is a threshold for manufacturer's CSR, and CSR behavior can diminish retailer's fairness concern but reduce government subsidy efficiency to some extent. The impact of retailer's fairness concern on profits gap is twofold, affecting both the sales price in the forward supply chain and the recycling price and quantity in the reverse supply chain. Centralized decision-making leads to the lowest retail price, highest recycling price, and highest system profit. Coordination mechanisms increase retailer's profit share with increasing fairness concern, although the feasible scope for coordination decreases.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ehsan Shekarian, Ahmadreza Marandi, Jukka Majava
Summary: The study examines the impacts of various factors in a closed-loop supply chain system with a dual-channel, introducing a new demand function format and considering the effects of different collection settings. Consumers' willingness to choose remanufactured products is found to have a more significant influence on prices and profits than their sensitivity to the carbon footprint.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Shupeng Huang, Haiyan Lu, Junyi Lin, Borja Ponte
Summary: The effective operations of closed-loop supply chains are beneficial in achieving sustainability goals and economic performance. This study explores how the stochastic capacity constraint of collection stations influences the bullwhip effect in closed-loop supply chains. The research findings suggest that looser or more stable capacity constraints at collection stations tend to reduce the bullwhip effect, but interactions between relevant parameters should be considered. Additionally, a trade-off between sustainability and economic performance is identified when partial backlog in return collection is associated with the stochastic capacity constraint of a collection station.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wakhid Ahmad Jauhari, I. Nyoman Pujawan, Mokh Suef
Summary: This paper examines a two-echelon inventory model for a closed-loop supply chain system with a manufacturer and a retailer under stochastic conditions with carbon emission reductions. The government offers a take-back incentive to encourage the manufacturer to reuse products, resulting in system improvement and increased collection efforts. However, these policies may lead to an undesirable increase in total emissions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Economics
Lingxian Fu, Jie Tang, Fanyong Meng
Summary: This paper investigates the reverse channel in dynamic closed-loop supply chain system and analyzes the decisions and profits of supply chain members considering the quantitative characteristics of products. The study shows the diverse optimal collection decisions for different development levels of the supply chain. A transfer payment coordination mechanism based on the Nash bargaining model is proposed to address the objective inconsistency between the supply chain and its members. Additionally, a case study using statistical data of Chinese new energy vehicles demonstrates the robustness of the results and offers recommendations for government and NEV managers in China.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Yue Yu, Honglin Yang, Zhiyuan Zhen
Summary: This paper explores the issue of channel selection in a closed-loop supply chain, involving a manufacturer, an e-commerce platform, and a third-party collector. The manufacturer has three collection modes to choose from, namely platform collection, collector collection, and dual-channel collection. The optimal collection prices for the manufacturer, platform, and collector are determined through a two-echelon Stackelberg game. The study also investigates the equilibrium evolution of channel selection under supply disruption and price shock. Two re-entry strategies, side payment, and vertical shareholding, are proposed to assist the collector in rejoining the supply chain, with vertical shareholding being more effective under weak competition intensity.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Shuzhen Chen, Yuchen Pan, Desheng Wu, Alexandre Dolgui
Summary: This paper develops a game model to analyze the long-term collection strategies in a closed-loop supply chain with a manufacturer, a remanufacturer, and a retailer. The results show that the manufacturer can develop the remanufacturing technology quickly and achieve higher profits under certain conditions. The choice between direct and indirect reverse channels depends on the entry barrier and cost advantage.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Qi Wang, Kebing Chen, Shengbin Wang, Xiaogang Cao
Summary: This study explores the impact of fairness concerns and information asymmetry on the performance of closed-loop supply chains. The findings suggest that bilateral fairness concerns and information symmetry or asymmetry have varying effects on the interests and outcomes of the participants.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Zhe Wang, Yue Wang, Bangyi Li, Yongbo Cheng
Summary: In order to enhance the product ecological design and collection efficiency of closed-loop supply chain, the paper proposes three responsibility sharing models and investigates their impact on optimal decisions and profits. The study shows that responsibility sharing can improve the collection efficiency of the supply chain and the optimal sharing ratios depend on the relative environmental impact of using recycled materials.
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zichun Deng, Mohd Rizaimy Shaharudin, Ming-Lang Tseng
Summary: Government subsidies are crucial in closed-loop supply chain waste utilization, but the absence of subsidies for disadvantaged retailers may lead to fairness issues impacting pricing and subsidies. To address this, a three-echelon game model is developed, considering a government, a manufacturer, and a fairness-concerned retailer. Four scenarios are analyzed, and a cooperation mechanism for enterprises is designed, with conclusions validated through numerical experiments. The study highlights the importance of fairness concerns and the need for coordination through mechanisms like two-part tariff contracts to promote social welfare.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mehran Ullah
Summary: Transportation and logistics activities in the reverse supply chain have been overlooked despite their significant impact on the environmental and economic performance of closed-loop supply chain management. This study fills this research gap by examining the impacts of transportation distances and costs on the optimal remanufacturing rate and net emissions. The results show that transportation distances and costs affect the remanufacturing rate, with market demand mitigating the negative effects of long reverse distances.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nana Wan, Li Li, Jianchang Fan, Wei Chen
Summary: This paper analyzes the pricing and collection decisions of an O2O closed-loop supply chain using Stackelberg game models. The study finds that when a single collection channel is used, different stakeholders prefer the retailer's collection channel. On the other hand, when a hybrid collection channel is used, customers, the environment, and the manufacturer prefer a hybrid collection channel involving both the manufacturer and the retailer. The retailer's preference depends on the intensity of the collection competition.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Business
Nian Zhang, Jinyu Wu, Bin Li, Deqiang Fu
Summary: In order to address resource loss and environmental pollution, manufacturing enterprises are increasingly focusing on green closed-loop supply chain (CLSC). A study was conducted on a green CLSC with considerations of manufacturer sales efforts and fairness concerns. The centralized and decentralized models were analyzed, and a profit-sharing contract was designed to coordinate the supply chain. The findings suggest that fairness concerns among manufacturers may hinder the sustainable development of the green CLSC, and as these concerns are strengthened, the optimal decisions may deviate further from the equilibrium results. However, effective Pareto improvement can be achieved within a certain range of fairness concerns and profit-sharing ratio.
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Management
Pietro De Giovanni
Summary: This paper analyzes the benefits of blockchain technology in the circular economy. The findings show that the blockchain can improve the efficiency of the circular economy system, but reverse omnichannel solutions do not bring significant benefits to performance. Additionally, the shift from passive to active return approaches needs careful evaluation, as consumer incentives can have negative effects on the blockchain. Different combinations of incentives only lead to minor improvements in business performance, while collector incentives are crucial for enhancing the operational and service capabilities of the circular economy system.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yan Shen, Tian Gao, Zizhao Song, Ji Ma
Summary: The low price of certification emission reduction (CER) makes it more popular than carbon emission allowance (CEA) trading; in carbon-neutral trading, enterprises are more inclined to purchase carbon sinks to achieve their own carbon neutrality goals and promote decarbonization of the supply chain. Companies urgently need to figure out how to achieve carbon neutrality with government rewards and punishments.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Hiroshi Matsuhisa, Nobuo Matsubayashi
Summary: This study investigates the formation of an alliance between competing manufacturers and a monopolistic platform retailer, and analyzes the impact of the degree of differentiation among manufacturers on the formation of the alliance and the profitability of the retailer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Lingxuan Kong, Ge Zheng, Alexandra Brintrup
Summary: Supply Chain Financing is used to optimize cash flows in supply networks, but recent scandals have shown inefficiencies in risk evaluation. This paper proposes a Federated Learning framework to address order-level risk evaluation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jing Gu, Xinyu Shi, Junyao Wang, Xun Xu
Summary: The asymmetric market power between a firm and its partners negatively affects the firm's financial performance. Building relationships with suppliers or customers that have matched market power is the best approach. The strength of the buyer-supplier relationship amplifies the negative impact of asymmetric market power, while the level of relationship embeddedness reduces its negative effect. Moreover, firm-specific institutional, industry, and regional economic heterogeneities also influence the financial impact of asymmetric market power.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yu Du, Jun-qing Li
Summary: This study investigates the group scheduling of a distributed flexible job shop problem using the concrete precast process. The proposed solution utilizes three coordinated double deep Q-networks (DQN) as a learn-to-improve reinforcement learning approach. The algorithm shows superiority in minimizing costs and energy consumption.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaoyu Yan, Weihua Liu, Ou Tang, Jiahe Hou
Summary: This study analyzes the market amplification effect and the impact of entrant's overconfidence on a two-sided platform. The results show that overconfident entrants can lead to price increases and benefit both the existing firms and themselves to a certain extent.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Illya Kaynov, Marijn van Knippenberg, Vlado Menkovski, Albert van Breemen, Willem van Jaarsveld
Summary: The One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer (OWMR) system is a typical distribution and inventory system. Previous research has focused on heuristic reordering and allocation strategies, which are time-consuming and problem-specific. This paper proposes a Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) algorithm for OWMR problems, which infers a multi-discrete action distribution and improves performance with a random rationing policy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Yimeng Sun, Ruozhen Qiu, Minghe Sun
Summary: This study considers a multi-period inventory management problem for a retailer offering limited-time discounts and having a joint service-level requirement under demand uncertainty. It proposes a double-layer iterative approach to solve the problem and maximize total profit while balancing the service level using a posteriori method and an affinely adjustable robust chance-constrained model.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Anas Neumann, Adnene Hajji, Monia Rekik, Robert Pellerin
Summary: This paper presents a new mathematical formulation for planning and scheduling activities of Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects, along with a new ETO strategy to reduce the impacts of design uncertainty. The study proposes a hybrid Layered Genetic Algorithm combined with an adaptive Lamarckian learning process (LLGA) and compares it with the branch-and-cut procedure of CPLEX. The results show good performance of the proposed mathematical model for small and medium-sized instances.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Thilini Ranasinghe, Chanaka D. Senanayake, Eric H. Grosse
Summary: Production systems are undergoing transformative changes, necessitating adaptability from human workers. This study developed an analytical model to account for stochastic processing times and learning heterogeneity, revealing insights into system performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sunil Tiwari, Pankaj Sharma, Ashish Kumar Jha
Summary: Black Swan events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Suez Canal blockage have a significant impact on firms' technology adoption decisions, especially in terms of disruptions and digitalization in the supply chains. This study investigates the influence of institutional forces and environmental contingencies on supply chain digitalization from an institutional and contingency theory perspective. The findings emphasize the importance of organizational readiness and people readiness, including top management involvement and employee training, in facilitating digitalization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Fabio Neves-Moreira, Pedro Amorim
Summary: Omnichannel retailers are using stores as distribution centers to provide faster online order fulfillment services. However, in-store picking operations can impact the offline customer experience. To address this, we propose a Dynamic In-store Picker Routing Problem (diPRP) that minimizes customer encounters while fulfilling online orders. Our solution approach combines mathematical programming and reinforcement learning to find efficient picking policies that reduce customer encounters.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Richard Kraude, Ram Narasimhan
Summary: In this study, the relationship between Vertical Integration (VI) and Environmental Performance (EP) is examined, revealing that highly integrated firms produce less waste but engage in fewer environmental initiatives. These findings are crucial for understanding the impact of stakeholder exposure on organizational behavior.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Korina Katsaliaki, Sameer Kumar, Vasilis Loulos
Summary: This research conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) and content analysis on Supply Chain Coopetition (SCC) through the PRISMA framework. It examines the theory of coopetition and organizational relationships in intra-firm and inter-firm supply chains, focusing on collaboration between rival manufacturers. The study identifies structures and mechanisms of coopetition, such as buyer-supplier coopetition, supply networks coopetition, and production and distribution/logistics coopetition. It provides a holistic approach to SCC management practices and serves as a guide for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
(2024)