关键词: 供应链, 协调, 效率, 双边不对称信息, 分配规则

Abstract: To solve the problem of asymmetric information revealing and profit allocation in supply chain, the virtual-third part without profit was introduced as a principal in the supply chain system. A supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer was considered who had their private information regarding the manufacturing cost and retail price respectively, and the bilateral asymmetric information model was constructed. The model analysis was addressed in the asymmetric situation compared with the symmetric information case. It proved that the coordination of the supply chain could not be achieved by considering the exogenous reservation profits of the supplier and the retailer simultaneously. Moreover, to allocate the realized total supply chain profits reasonably, a profit allocation rule based on the expected information rents for the two parties was presented. Meanwhile, the relationship between the efficiency loss and the variation of the two parties profits was revealed. Based on the order quantity and the profit allocation rule, a supply chain contract was designed for true information revealing and reasonable profit allocation. A numerical example was presented to explain the main results.

Key words: supply chains, coordination, efficiency, bilateral asymmetric information, allocation rule