Researches On System Coordinations In Supply Chains

The paper first talks about some conceptions of supply chain management(SCM),its model system, effects on its research, and international researches. And then,we present a catalog research on system coordination problems, some problems,which are not .addressed before, are also given hrer. In chaPter 3, we discussechelon games between supplier and retailers and their equilibriums under thecondition that two retailers compete each other fOr customers. And the cpqes inwhich retailers compete for supplies are not presellted here. We begin to studycombined inventory and pricing policies in chapter 4. In this case, transfer pricebetween the supplier and the retailer is treated as a decision variable, and we talkabout different cases of information status. In chapter 5, pricing control poweris included. we study inventory and pricing policies of each member and systemin three cases: (1) retai1 prices are determined by retailers individually; (2) retailprices are determined by the manufacturer; (3) all prices are system optimal.