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Apr 26, 2012
A Design of Quantity Discount Pricing To Maximize Profit Based On the Vendor-Buyer System
Authors: Zhenggang He, Zhengqiang He, Meijing Cheng, and Wei LiaoAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Logistics: The Emerging Frontiers of Transportation and Development in China
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Quantity discount pricing is one of the most common tools to harmonize the relationships between supply chain enterprises and to distribute profits. In order to maximize the profit in the vendor-buyer system, two projects of quantity discount pricing are designed under the conditions of vendor-buyer cooperation and vendor-buyer competition, then the two projects and the related total profits are comparatively analyzed to draw some conclusions.
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineering.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Comparative studies
- Competition
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Contracts and subcontracts
- Engineering fundamentals
- Financial management
- Freight transportation
- Infrastructure
- Logistics
- Methodology (by type)
- Practice and Profession
- Pricing
- Profits
- Project management
- Research methods (by type)
- Supply chain management
- Transportation engineering
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Zhenggang He
College of Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
Zhengqiang He
Hunan Finance and Accounting Research Base, Changsha, 410079, P.R. China
Meijing Cheng
College of Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
Wei Liao
Department of E-commercial Affairs, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, P.R. China
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