供应链提前期压缩的激励机制问题研究

his paper deals with the incentive mechanism for lead-time reduction in a two-echelon supply chain, which is composed of one manufacturer and one retailer. The result of this paper indicates that although the retailer can benefit from the lead-time reduction, the manufacturer has no incentive to reduce the lead time if the retailer does not pay the cost of the lead-time reduction. In order to motivate the manufacturer to reduce the lead time of the supply chain, an incentive mechanism based on linear transfer payment is proposed. The result of theoretic and numerical analysis indicates that this incentive mechanism can motivate the manufacturer to effectively reduce the lead time of supply chain and increase each partner’s revenue.