In this study, value of quality information and the eects of centralization are investigated
for a reverse supply chain consisting of a remanufacturer and a collector. Used products are
collected and inspected to classify them into quality groups, then they are remanufactured to
meet the demand of remanufactured products. The supply of collected products and demand
of remanufactured products are both price-sensitive. The uncertain quality of the collected
products is revealed by an inspection process. Two quality classes are considered, and the cost
of remanufacturing depends on the quality class. The main decisions are on acquisition fee for
the returns, the selling price for remanufactured products, and the transfer prices of inspected
products between the collector and the remanufacturer. For this environment, centralized
and decentralized settings are considered and dierent models that dier in availability of
quality information when the pricing decisions are made are built. We explore the value of
advance quality information and eects of centralization on the optimal prices and profits via
a computational study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611109/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2009 |
| Creators | Unal, Muruvvet |
| Contributors | Bayindir, Z. Pelin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | Access forbidden for 1 year |
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