Volume discount pricing strategy in the VMI supply chain with price sensitive demand

Volume discount pricing strategy in the VMI supply chain with price sensitive demand

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Article ID: iaor20132559
Volume: 64
Issue: 6
Start Page Number: 833
End Page Number: 847
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: , ,
Keywords: discounts, pricing, vendor managed inventory, Stackelberg game
Abstract:

This paper develops a volume discount scheme to coordinate Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) supply chains with multiple heterogeneous retailers, in which the supply chain is modelled as a Stackelberg game with price sensitive demand. The paper proposes a method to construct a volume discount price scheme and shows that, any volume discount can be represented as a piecewise constant function of demand. We provide the game formulations of VMI supply chains and develop algorithms to solve this type of game problems, including finding the optimal volume discount scheme. Through a numerical study comparing the results of applying a volume discount strategy with the profits from a single wholesale price strategy, we show that the volume discount pricing strategies can be used to improve profits for all participants in the VMI supply chain in comparison with single price strategies.

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