Business School, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China.
PLoS One. 2023 Oct 16;18(10):e0292753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292753. eCollection 2023.
The rise of retail groups has strengthened their voice in the supply chain, drawing more attention from supply chain members to the issue of profit fairness. To explore the influence of fairness concerns on operational decisions in closed-loop supply chains after the formation of retail groups. In this paper, we first construct a secondary dual-channel closed-loop supply chain led by a retail group and followed by a manufacturer. Next, the corresponding game models are constructed under three scenarios, namely, fairness neutrality (FN), fairness concerns of the retail groups (FR), and fairness concerns of the manufacturer (FM), respectively. Finally, the game models are solved and analyzed. It turns out that it is easier for the manufacturer to satisfy its demands for fairness by adjusting the wholesale price. Furthermore, we find that fairness concerns do not enhance the recycling rate of used products and the greenness of remanufacturing. For retail groups, fairness concerns can hurt their profits, but appropriate fairness concerns can contribute to profitable growth in their retail business. Interestingly, the manufacturer's fairness concerns do not affect the total profitability of the supply chain system, but the retail group's fairness concerns do. This paper identifies dual changes in the scope of operations and power structure of retail groups in closed-loop supply chains, as well as analyzes the fairness concerns raised by these changes, which will lead to new recommendations for operational decision-making in firms.
零售集团的崛起增强了他们在供应链中的话语权，引起了供应链成员对利润公平性问题的更多关注。为了探讨零售集团形成后，公平关切对闭环供应链运营决策的影响。本文首先构建了一个由零售集团领导、制造商跟随的二级双渠道闭环供应链。接下来，分别在公平中性（FN）、零售集团公平关切（FR）和制造商公平关切（FM）三种情景下构建相应的博弈模型。最后，对博弈模型进行求解和分析。结果表明，制造商更容易通过调整批发价格来满足其公平诉求。此外，我们发现公平关切不会提高废旧产品的回收利用率和再制造的绿色度。对于零售集团来说，公平关切会损害其利润，但适当的公平关切有助于其零售业务的盈利增长。有趣的是，制造商的公平关切并不影响供应链系统的总盈利能力，但零售集团的公平关切会影响。本文确定了闭环供应链中零售集团运营范围和权力结构的双重变化，并分析了这些变化引发的公平关切，这将为企业的运营决策提供新的建议。
