Coordination of a platform-based supply chain in the marketplace or reselling mode considering cross-channel effect and blockchain technology

【Author】 Xu, Xiaoping; He, Ping; Zhou, Li; Cheng, T. C. E.

【Source】EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

【影响因子】6.363

【Abstract】We consider a supply chain consisting of a manufacturer and an online platform. The manufacturer pro-duces products under the carbon cap-and-trade policy, and sells them through its own offline channel and the platform, which operates in either the marketplace or reselling mode. While enlarging the po-tential retail market size through the "platform power", the platform provides logistics service for the online sales. We also consider the cross-channel effect concerning the impact of online sales on offline demand. The manufacturer can adopt blockchain technology to improve demand forecasting. We study the optimal production, pricing, delivery time decisions, and the coordination problem of the two firms under various scenarios. We compare the optimal decisions of the two firms and the manufacturer's profits with and without blockchain in each operation mode of the platform. We find that the cross -channel effect and blockchain have significant impacts on the optimal decisions and coordination results. In the marketplace mode, the optimal production quantity increases (decreases) with the commission rate if the cross-channel effect is high (low). The optimal delivery time increases (decreases) with the cross-channel effect and the cap in the marketplace (reselling) mode. The reselling mode can coordinate the manufacturer and platform regardless of whether delivery time or strategic inventory is considered, while the marketplace mode can coordinate the two firms only when delivery time is considered. If the cross-channel effect is low (high) and the platform power is high (low), adopting blockchain can gener-ate more profit for the manufacturer. Furthermore, adopting blockchain promotes the coordination of the manufacturer and the platform. (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [Xu, Xiaoping] Anhui Univ, Sch Business, Hefei 230601, Peoples R China; [He, Ping] South China Univ Technol, Sch Business Adm, Guangzhou 510641, Peoples R China; [Zhou, Li] Univ Greenwich, Business Sch, London SE10 9LS, England; [Cheng, T. C. E.] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Fac Business, Dept Logist & Maritime Studies, Hung Hom,Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China Anhui University; South China University of Technology; University of Greenwich; Hong Kong Polytechnic University He, P (通讯作者)，South China Univ Technol, Sch Business Adm, Guangzhou 510641, Peoples R China. phe17@scut.edu.cn Zhou, Li/B-3035-2011; Cheng, Edwin/D-5688-2015 Zhou, Li/0000-0001-7132-5935; Cheng, Edwin/0000-0001-5127-6419 National Natural Science Foundation of China [72171001, 71801211, 71971087]; Excellent Youth Research Project of Universities in Anhui Province [2022AH030 0 05]; Project of Leading Tal- ent of Anhui Province [S020218015]; Key Project of the Education Department of Anhui Province [SK2020A0041]; General Project of Soft Science Research in Anhui Province [202106f01050052] National Natural Science Foundation of China(National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)); Excellent Youth Research Project of Universities in Anhui Province; Project of Leading Tal- ent of Anhui Province; Key Project of the Education Department of Anhui Province; General Project of Soft Science Research in Anhui Province Funding This work was supported in part by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Nos. 72171001 , 71801211 , and 71971087] ; Excellent Youth Research Project of Universities in Anhui Province [No.2022AH030 0 05] ; the Project of Leading Tal- ent of Anhui Province [No. S020218015] , and the Key Project of the Education Department of Anhui Province [No. SK2020A0041] , General Project of Soft Science Research in Anhui Province [No. 202106f01050052] . 74 0 0 0 0 ELSEVIER AMSTERDAM RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 0377-2217 1872-6860 EUR J OPER RES Eur. J. Oper. Res. AUG 16 2023 309 1 170 187 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.01.057 MAR 2023 18 Management; Operations Research & Management Science Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) Business & Economics; Operations Research & Management Science D5AX6 2023-05-06 WOS:000968870000001

【Keywords】Supply chain management; Cross -channel effect; Cap -and -trade; Blockchain; Coordination

【发表时间】2023 16-Aug

【收录时间】2023-05-17

【文献类型】实证数据

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