| dc.description.abstract | This thesis deals with three areas of emerging research: proposing a joint replenishment program coupled with a channel coordination practice, integrating the three streams of, as yet, rather disjointed research works: namely joint replenishment programs (JRP); channel coordination; and deteriorating goods management, and developing the profit-maximization models, with key features of partially controllable demand rates through pricing scheme and exponentially decaying deterioration rates for the products. In first area, we formulated several supply chain models, with a manufacturer supplying a family of products to a retailer, and the products sharing a common production facility. The models illustrate the challenge of integrating multi-items with multi-echelon production and replenishment, and a saving-sharing mechanism, through a quantity discount scheme, is proposed so that Pareto improvements (i.e., one party is better off and the other is no worse off) can be achieved among channel participants. In second area, the scenario of multi-product and multi-echelon supply chain, which produces, distributes, and sells deteriorating goods in the marketplace has been considered. Under this framework, four cost models were developed, with key assumptions related to time-proportional demand and exponentially decaying deterioration rates. The decision models in third area adopt the supply-side cost control mechanism, namely joint replenishment program and channel coordination practice, and the demand-side pricing scheme. Under a structured framework, four profit-maximization models were developed, with key features of partially controllable demand rates through pricing scheme and exponentially decaying deterioration rates for the products. These models, representing various replenishment and production policies, offer qualitative insights into the interplay between channel coordination and joint replenishment mechanisms. | en_US |