Pricing and scheduling decisions with leadtime flexibility

Order Selection and Scheduling with Leadtime Flexibility

A MLE+MNLBased Dynamic Leadtime Pricing Method

We study leadtime pricing in a B2B context where a firm provides guaranteed due-date delivery service to customers that are heterogeneous in their valuation of the products and preference in delivery time. We consider two types of customers based on their delivery preference: one that prefers just-in-time (JIT) delivery and another that prefers responsive delivery. Each type of customer has var...

Dynamic Pricing and Lead-Time Quotation for a Multiclass Make-to-Order Queue

This paper considers a profit maximizing make-to-order manufacturer that offers multiple products to a market of price and delay sensitive users, using a model that captures three aspects of particular interest: first, the joint use of dynamic pricing and leadtime quotation controls to manage demand; second, the presence of a dual sourcing mode that can expedite orders at a cost; and third, the...

Dynamic Leadtime Management in Supply Chains

One way to hedge against random fluctuations of demand in supply chains is to keep inventories at various points in the chain. Another is to actually modify the leadtimes in the system dynamically. Working with multiple suppliers, using multiple transportation options, having the option to expedite certain processes, or having different possible routes for a unit to go through the supply chain ...

Pricing and Advertising Decisions in a Three-level Supply Chain with Nash, Stackelberg and Cooperative Games

Pricing and advertising are two important marketing strategies in the supply chain management which lead to customer demand’s increase and therefore higher profit for members of supply chains. This paper considers advertising, and pricing decisions simultaneously for a three-level supply chain with one supplier, one manufacturer and one retailer. The amount of market demand is influenced ...