Location-based pricing and channel selection in a supply chain: a case study from the food retail industry

Wei, Chen; Arisian, Sobhan; Ertek, Gürdal; Hu, Zhi‐Hua

doi:10.1007/s10479-018-3040-7

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“…one-dimensional and attractive). As such, our findings are broadly in line with those of other studies conducted in this field (Falsini et al, 2012;Perçin and Min, 2013;Senthil et al, 2014;Wei et al, 2018) that mostly used a fuzzy approach to classify factors influencing 3PL selection. For example, our research showed that price has the greatest impact on the selection of 3PL companies, a result that is consistent with other studies such as that by Gol and Çatay (2007).…”

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confidence: 91%

On the importance of service performance and customer satisfaction in third-party logistics selection

Arisian

Pool

Nazarpour

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BIJ

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Purpose Developing strategic relationships with third-party logistics (3PL) providers has long been one of the key challenges in automotive supply chains. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach for evaluation and indexing 3PL providers using the Kano model. Design/methodology/approach The statistical population used in this research comprises managers from the Iranian automotive industry. The Kano evaluation approach is used to analyze the data collected and to classify the criteria used in selection of the preferred 3PL providers. Findings The results suggest that the proposed framework, based on the Kano classification, can be a powerful tool for the automotive industry in evaluating 3PL providers. Moreover, the analyses indicate that 3PL providers need to improve their service offering in aspects that are to be found in the Kano model’s requirements, namely, must-be, one-dimensional and attractive. Originality/value This study contributes to the supply chain management literature by being the first to classify selection indices of 3PL providers in the automotive industry using the Kano model.

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confidence: 91%

On the importance of service performance and customer satisfaction in third-party logistics selection

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Nazarpour

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“…Although the value creation of SCF have previously been studied through the lens of game theory (Yan and Sun, , 2015; Yan et al., ; Gao et al., ; Wang et al., ), to the best of our knowledge, evaluating and characterizing the properties of innovative SCF schemes (i.e., P2P debt and EF) in boosting domestic production is underexplored. Our literature survey confirms that while majority of existing studies on SCF focus on tactical and operational decisions (e.g., trade‐off analysis and selecting the preferred financing schemes, channel coordination, and contractual agreements) (Choi and Chow, ; Choi and Chiu, ; Yan et al., ; Gao et al., ; Hua et al., ; Wei et al., ; Wang et al., ), there is scant research addressing strategic aspects of SCF.…”

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Peer‐to‐peer financing choice of SME entrepreneurs in the re‐emergence of supply chain localization

Reza‐Gharehbagh

Hafezalkotob

Makui

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Int Trans Operational Res

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While peer-to-peer (P2P) financing mechanisms have recently gained significant popularity, small and medium sized enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs still harbor a considerable degree of skepticism about the role of governments in promoting alternative supply chain finance (SCF) solutions in the re-emergence of supply chain (SC) localization. This paper studies the SC financing problem of a capital-constrained SME entrepreneur under two alternative financing schemes provided by an online P2P lending-investment platform, namely debt financing (DF) and equity financing (EF). Considering the competition between a local and a foreign SC in a shared market, we investigate the direct (i.e., subsidizing domestic production) and indirect (i.e., subsidizing P2P platform service fee) roles of government intervention toward SC localization. Formulating a three-level Stackelberg game model, this paper presents a scenario-based decision-making framework to jointly evaluate four different SCF scenarios through the lens of local SC, P2P financing platforms, and government. The results reveal that there exist three possible regions (i.e., DF, EF, and Conflict), within which the government and the P2P financing platforms can examine the alternative SCF schemes in order to achieve a mutually agreeable agreement. Our sensitivity analysis on interest rate and exchange ratio suggests that, when financed via an online P2P lending platform (i.e., DF), the local SC always achieves a higher profit under the direct intervention policy. The indirect policy, however, is preferred only when EF is the main source of SCF and the exchange ratio is sufficiently high.

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“…In analyzed market it seemed to be the situation that low labour cost was not the main emphasis, but that of getting foothold in the growing markets, and assuring revenue growth. This is important finding for the e-commerce and omnichannel research as compared to earlier literature (Rigby 2011;Sedyh 2016;Hongfei 2017;Hänninen et al 2017;Wei et al 2018;Hilmola and Tolli 2018), but also for practice.…”

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“…Logistics is considered as indispensable part of studies on location of e-commerce enterprises (Wei et al 2018;Li et al 2014, Giuffrida et al, 2017. For example, the research on dual-channel pricing under deterministic demand discusses the various logistical determinants of price (Wei et al 2018). Authors, in turn, apply location-based pricing of a food retail company taking into account spatial distribution of customers on logistics costs, customers' channel preference and service providers' pricing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Digital analytics firm eMarketer projects that online retail sales will more than double between 2015 and 2019 and account for more than 12% of global retail sales by 2019 (Emarketer.com 2015). Regardless that the online retail ecosystem is evolving fast, the convergence between online and offline shopping behaviour remains one of the topical issues among researchers and professionals (Rigby 2011;Wei et al 2018). Particularly, the location selection is a significant problem that needs to be addressed (Giuffrida et al, 2017).…”

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Evaluation of e-commerce location and entry to China – implications on shipping and trade

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Tan²,

Hilmola

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J. shipp. trd.

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E-commerce is experiencing strong global growth, and leading market is nowadays that of China, whether it is evaluated from the perspective of domestic market size or cross-border volumes. In this research work further understanding and knowledge is built from Chinese market using general choice algorithm (GCA) and two real-life case studies. The outcome of GCA model shows the list of the most preferable locations for e-commerce enterprise development. Findings of this study are also compared to two case studies of e-commerce entrance to Chinese market, where one of these two is operating in an omnichannel environment. Market entrance in these two was implemented through very simplified and centralized distribution structure, and using location of Shanghai. Actual operations are either outsourced or in-house produced. Cash on delivery (COD) is still the preferred payment method in e-commerce order fulfilment. One factor being rather important in case companies was distribution prices, where courier services all over the country play an important role. For logistics in general, and sea ports, research reveals that currently dominating areas of the Pearl and Yangtze River Delta face the challenge to some extent from other places of China as favourable locations for e-commerce and consumption are also at north and western parts.

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Location-based pricing and channel selection in a supply chain: a case study from the food retail industry

Cited by 35 publications

References 51 publications

On the importance of service performance and customer satisfaction in third-party logistics selection

On the importance of service performance and customer satisfaction in third-party logistics selection

Peer‐to‐peer financing choice of SME entrepreneurs in the re‐emergence of supply chain localization

Evaluation of e-commerce location and entry to China – implications on shipping and trade

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