RESEARCH ON IMPROVING VMI STRATEGY BY INTRODUCING THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS

摘要：

Most researches on VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) evaluated its effect only from the buyer’s stand point. In fact, not only the influence on the buyer but on the whole supply chain should be considered. In the short-term, VMI is found to be able to increase supplier’s logistics costs under certain cost conditions, espe cially when the mismatch between the buyer’s and supplier’s inventory systems is not significant. Supplier’s lack of incentive has already become the main reason why VMI isn’t universally adopted. Based on other scholars’researches, this paper tries to perfect the traditional model of VMI by taking the correlation between transport costs and EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) into account. The certain cost condition on which suppli er’s short-term cost tends to increase is found through the new model studying. The introduction of TPL ( Third-Party Logistics) is found to be helpful to reduce supplier’s logistics costs and increase his short-term profit under VMI, which can inspirit suppliers to take part in VMI.

关键词： Supply Chain Management VMI Third-Party Logistics

作者: Yuanyang Gao Meiyan Zhang Long Zhao

作者单位: Economics and Management School of Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China China Aviation Industry Corporation I, Beijing 100022, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The Ninth International Conference on Industrial Management(第九届工业管理国际会议 ICIM2008)

会议地点: 日本大阪

会议语种:英文

页码: 279-285

在线出版日期: 2008-09-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）