Optimal acquisition price management in a remanufacturing system

Figures & data

Figure 1 Flow of payments in the direct method of collection for a closed-loop supply chain.

Figure 2 Flow of payments in the indirect method of collection for a closed-loop supply chain.

Figure 3 Flow of payments in the coordinated method of collection for a closed-loop supply chain.

Table 1 Results of the different methods of collection.

Channel type	f^*	z^*	Q^*			Total profit,
Direct	99.94	93.71	5987	701,926	–	701,926
Indirect	13.12	39.13	1555	280,452	47,702	333,754
Coordinated	56.34	56.34	6217	510,286	250,141	766,027

Figure 4 Total channel profit versus market size (α) for the three methods of collection.

Figure 5 Acquisition cost versus market size (α) for the three methods of collection.

Figure 6 Managerial decision matrix through the market size.

Figure 7 Acquisition cost versus coefficient of acquisition price (β) for the three different methods.

Figure 8 Total channel profit versus coefficient of acquisition price (β) for the three different methods.

Figure 9 Managerial decision matrix through the coefficient of acquisition price (β).

Figure 10 Acquisition cost versus available dependency factor (c) for the three different methods.

Figure 11 Total channel profit versus available dependency factor (c) for the three different methods.