TY - JOUR
T1 - The closed-loop supply chain network with competition and design for remanufactureability
AU - Qiang, Qiang
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China ( NSFC 71090404/71090400 ). The support is gratefully appreciated. The author also acknowledges the helpful comments and suggestions of two anonymous reviewers.
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© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/10/15
Y1 - 2015/10/15
N2 - In this paper, a two-period closed-loop supply chain network is investigated, with manufacturers as decentralized decision makers who compete for market share. In the first period, each manufacturer decides on the production quantity and level of remanufactureability, which has impact on the cost of both new and remanufactured products. In period two, manufacturers can manufacture and/or remanufacture products, taking into account that consumers have different valuations of new and remanufactured products. We derive the optimality conditions and establish that the governing equilibrium conditions can be formulated as a finite-dimensional variational inequality problem. Through a series of case studies, we answer several important research questions, such as the impact of remanufactureability design and the consumers' perception of the remanufactured product on profitability and market share.
AB - In this paper, a two-period closed-loop supply chain network is investigated, with manufacturers as decentralized decision makers who compete for market share. In the first period, each manufacturer decides on the production quantity and level of remanufactureability, which has impact on the cost of both new and remanufactured products. In period two, manufacturers can manufacture and/or remanufacture products, taking into account that consumers have different valuations of new and remanufactured products. We derive the optimality conditions and establish that the governing equilibrium conditions can be formulated as a finite-dimensional variational inequality problem. Through a series of case studies, we answer several important research questions, such as the impact of remanufactureability design and the consumers' perception of the remanufactured product on profitability and market share.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938201561
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 105
SP - 348
EP - 356
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -
