Study on Supplier Selection Based on the Collaborative Mechanism and Game Strategy

Zhongmin Fang, Zhiya Chen, Minghua Zeng

East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China.
School of Traffic & Transportation, Central South University, Changsha, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ti.2012.34031                

Abstract

Based on the fluctuation of production efficiency, evaluating synergetic model of the supplier collaboration degree has been set up, and sequence participation amount of the model is analyzed. Combined with the game strategy and collaborative mechanism of supply chain, supply chain game strategy model is built to make the allocation of the market resources more effective when production efficiency is consistent, and the model of supplier selection and the algorithm of solving the model are put forward, investigating the game process of supplier selection from the profit and social welfare of the supplier and the demand. In the end, the efficiency of the model and algorithm is validated by a case simulation.

Keywords

Supplier Selection; Collaborative Mechanism; Game Strategy; Social Welfare; Genetic Algorithms

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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