Optimal operational strategies of capital-constrained supply chain with logistics service and price dependent demand under 3PL financing service
Zhang, C.; Fan, L.; Tian, Y.
Soft Computing 24(4): 2793-2806
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 1432-7643 Document Number: 623999
In a supply chain finance (SCF) system composed of a manufacturer, a retailer and a third-party logistics (3PL) enterprise, the market demand is dependent on the logistics service level and the retail price. This paper investigates the optimal operational strategies for the Scf system with the 3Pl financing service when the retailer or the manufacturer is stuck with capital constraint, respectively. By constructing and solving Stackelberg game models, we obtain the optimal operational strategies of the above two scenarios, and combined with the sensitivity analysis of relevant parameters, we obtain the following conclusions. (1) For the Scf system with a capital-constrained retailer, except the manufacturer's optimal wholesale price remains unchanged, other participants' optimal decisions and the optimal profits of each participant increase with the logistics service sensitivity coefficient; except the manufacturer's optimal wholesale price remains unchanged, other participants' optimal decisions and the optimal profits of each participant decrease with the logistics service cost efficiency. (2) For the Scf system with a capital-constrained manufacturer, the optimal decisions and profits of supply chain participants increase with the logistics service sensitivity coefficient; the optimal decisions and profits of supply chain participants decrease with the logistics service cost efficiency. Our analysis suggests that the retailer and manufacturer must take into account 3Pl enterprise's decisions (logistics service level and logistics service price) under the 3Pl financing service mode before making decisions.