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The impacts of logistics services on short life cycle products in a global supply chain

The impacts of logistics services on short life cycle products in a global supply chain
The impacts of logistics services on short life cycle products in a global supply chain
In this study, we construct a three-echelon supply chain consisting of one global supplier, one local seller and one logistics service provider for products with short life cycles. We study the trade-off between transportation time and cost in a global supply chain. We find that the global supplier should decide the transportation mode when selling relatively short life cycle products, and the local seller should always decide the transportation mode when selling relatively long life cycle products. Our results provide important insights into how to manage logistics service leadership, enhance consumer surplus and social welfare in a global supply chain.
Global supply chain, Logistics services provider, Short life cycle products
1366-5545
153-167
Shen, Bin
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Xu, Xiaoyan
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Guo, Shu
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Shen, Bin
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Xu, Xiaoyan
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Guo, Shu
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Shen, Bin, Xu, Xiaoyan and Guo, Shu (2019) The impacts of logistics services on short life cycle products in a global supply chain. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 131, 153-167. (doi:10.1016/j.tre.2019.07.013).

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Abstract

In this study, we construct a three-echelon supply chain consisting of one global supplier, one local seller and one logistics service provider for products with short life cycles. We study the trade-off between transportation time and cost in a global supply chain. We find that the global supplier should decide the transportation mode when selling relatively short life cycle products, and the local seller should always decide the transportation mode when selling relatively long life cycle products. Our results provide important insights into how to manage logistics service leadership, enhance consumer surplus and social welfare in a global supply chain.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 July 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 October 2019
Published date: 14 October 2019
Keywords: Global supply chain, Logistics services provider, Short life cycle products

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Local EPrints ID: 486849
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/486849
ISSN: 1366-5545
PURE UUID: 9c86c127-5eea-4309-acd4-a927559991fb
ORCID for Xiaoyan Xu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4565-5986

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Date deposited: 07 Feb 2024 17:30
Last modified: 12 Oct 2024 03:01

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Author: Bin Shen
Author: Xiaoyan Xu ORCID iD
Author: Shu Guo

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