Coordinating decentralised assembly systems with random yield and random demand

M. Güray Güler*

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Abstract

We study coordination of assembly systems with random supplier yields and random customer demand. We propose four contracts which are combinations of well-known contracts in the literature and show that the contracts can coordinate the chain under forced compliance. Our contracts have less payment schemes than the existing contracts given for coordination of assembly systems in the literature. We show that arbitrary profit allocation between the levels of the supply chain (the manufacturer or the suppliers) is possible. We also provide sufficient conditions which enable arbitrary profit allocation among the suppliers and illustrate the profit allocation with numerical examples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)886-896
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Production Research
Volume53
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Assembly system
  • Contract design
  • Inventory
  • Random demand
  • Random yield

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