Competing on supply chain quality : a network economics perspective / by Anna Nagurney, Dong Li.
Nagurney, Anna.; Li, Dong.
2016
HF4999.2-6182
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Title Competing on supply chain quality : a network economics perspective / by Anna Nagurney, Dong Li.
Author Nagurney, Anna.
ISBN 9783319254517 (electronic book)
3319254510 (electronic book)
9783319254494
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25451-7
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 383 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-25451-7 doi
9783319254494
Call Number HF4999.2-6182
Dewey Decimal Classification 650
Summary This book lays the foundations for quality modeling and analysis in the context of supply chains through a synthesis of the economics, operations management, as well as operations research/management science literature on quality. The reality of today's supply chain networks, given their global reach from sourcing locations to points of demand, is further challenged by such issues as the growth in outsourcing as well as the information asymmetry associated with what producers know about the quality of their products and what consumers know. Although much of the related literature has focused on the micro aspects of supply chain networks, considering two or three decision-makers, it is essential to capture the scale of supply chain networks in a holistic manner that occurs in practice in order to be able to evaluate and analyze the competition and the impacts on supply chain quality in a quantifiable manner. This volume provides an overview of the fundamental methodologies utilized in this book, including optimization theory, game theory, variational inequality theory, and projected dynamical systems theory. It then focuses on major issues in today's supply chains with respect to quality, beginning with information asymmetry, followed by product differentiation and branding, the outsourcing of production, from components to final products, to quality in freight service provision. The book is filled with numerous real-life examples in order to emphasize the generality and pragmatism of the models and tools. The novelty of the framework lies in a network economics perspective through which the authors identify the underlying network structure of the various supply chains, coupled with the behavior of the decision-makers, ranging from suppliers and manufacturers to freight service providers. What is meant by quality is rigorously defined and quantified. The authors explore the underlying dynamics associated with the competitive processes along with the equilibrium solutions. As appropriate, the supply chain decision-makers compete in terms of quantity and quality, or in price and quality. The relevance of the various models that are developed to specific industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals and high technology products, is clearly made. Qualitative analyses are provided, along with effective, and, easy to implement, computational procedures. Finally, the impacts of policy interventions, in the form of minimum quality standards, and their ramifications, in terms of product prices, quality levels, as well as profits are explored. The book is filled with many network figures, graphs, and tables with data.
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Series Springer Series in Supply Chain Management.
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Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I Quality and Supply Chains; Part II Information Asymmetry in Quality; Part III Quality in Product Differentiation and Outsourcing; Part IV Supplier Quality and Freight Service Quality ; Glossary of Notation; Index; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodological Foundations; 3 Information Asymmetry and Minimum Quality Standards in Supply Chain Oligopolies; 4 Information Asymmetry in Perfectly Competitive Spatial Price Equilibrium Problems; 5 Supply Chain Network Oligopolies with Product Differentiation

6 Supply Chain Network Competition with Multiple Freight Options 7 Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition: Single Firm Case ; 8 Outsourcing Under Price and Quality Competition: Multiple Firms; 9 The General Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model with Performance Indicators; 10 The General Multitiered Supply Chain Model of Quality Competition with Suppliers; 11 The Supply Chain Network Model with Freight Service Provider Competition; 12 Supply Chain Network Competition in Prices and Quality ; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 Definitions and Quantification of Quality and Cost of Quality

1.3 Synthesis of the Relevant Literature1.4 Organization of the Book; References; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Variational Inequality Theory; 2.3 The Relationships Between Variational Inequalities and Game Theory; 2.4 Projected Dynamical Systems; 2.5 Multicriteria Decision-Making; 2.6 Algorithms; 2.7 Sources and Notes; References; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Equilibrium Model Without and with Minimum Quality Standards; 3.3 The Dynamic Model; 3.4 Qualitative Properties; 3.5 The Algorithm; 3.6 Numerical Examples; 3.7 Summary and Conclusions; 3.8 Sources and Notes; References; 4.1 Introduction

4.2 Spatial Price Equilibrium with Asymmetric Information in Quality4.3 Qualitative Properties; 4.4 The Algorithm; 4.5 Numerical Examples; 4.6 Summary and Conclusions; 4.7 Sources and Notes; References; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Supply Chain Network Oligopoly Models with Product Differentiation; 5.3 Qualitative Properties; 5.4 The Algorithm; 5.5 Numerical Examples; 5.6 Summary and Conclusions; 5.7 Sources and Notes; References; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Supply Chain Network Model with MultipleFreight Options; 6.3 Stability Under Monotonicity; 6.4 The Algorithm; 6.5 Numerical Examples

6.6 Summary and Conclusions6.7 Sources and Notes; References; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Supply Chain Network Model with Outsourcing and Price and Quality Competition; 7.3 The Algorithm and Numerical Examples; 7.4 Summary and Conclusions; 7.5 Sources and Notes; References; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Supply Chain Network Model with Product Differentiation and Outsourcing; 8.3 The Algorithm and Numerical Examples; 8.4 Numerical Examples; 8.5 Summary and Conclusions; 8.6 Sources and Notes; References; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Multitiered Supply Chain Network Game Theory Model with Suppliers

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