基于市场结构的竞争环境中供应链制造柔性的协调运作研究

Manufacturing flexibility strategy (MFS) has been widely regarded as one of effective ways to deal with uncertainty. Most previous studies on manufacturing flexibility in the literature mainly focus on monopoly market, while there is little research about MFS in competitions. From the structural perspective, this research aims at establishing a strategic theoretic framework of MFS under competitions with different market structure, in which firms are competing with each other with adoption of MFS. With use of game theory and optimization methods, we would like to build up an oligopoly competition model to study firms' strategic and operational decisions at equilibriums, including strategy choice, capacity volume, production quantity and pricing. Based on the equilibrium decisions, we would like to investigate the effects of competition on firms' decisions, and further reveal the relationship between the competition structure and firms' strategic and operational decisions. Furthermore, we will investigate the mechanism of the MFS applications under competitions, and explore the capability of MFS in dealing with competition and demand uncertainty, including potential ability, advantages and limitations of applications. The results of this research will enrich the supply chain management and competition theories. Particularly, the research results will help manufacturing firms to better understand the effect of competition and provide managerial insights and suggestion about how to apply manufacturing flexibility strategies to improve firms' competitiveness and performance in various competitions.

供应链制造柔性被普遍认为是应对环境变化的有效方法之一。目前关于供应链制造柔性的研究主要集中于非竞争环境中，对于竞争环境中的供应链制造柔性的研究还比较匮乏。本课题旨在构建普遍性的竞争环境中供应链制造柔性的最优决策模型和理论分析框架，从市场结构的角度对于不同竞争环境中供应链制造柔性予以研究。本课题将利用博弈论研究非对称的、具有普遍性的多寡头竞争市场中不确定需求下各个企业的均衡决策，包括柔性策略选取、最大生产力构建、生产数量和定价决策；分析竞争环境对于供应链制造柔性应用的影响与作用；揭示市场结构与供应链制造柔性的内在联系；探讨供应链制造柔性在竞争环境中整体协调运作的机制；发掘供应链制造柔性抵御环境变化的潜力、优势和局限性。本项目的研究成果将丰富供应链管理理论和竞争理论，帮助企业深刻理解竞争环境对供应链制造柔性的影响，指导企业运用制造柔性来应对竞争环境的变化，提升自身的竞争优势和企业绩效。

本项目对基于市场结构的竞争市场中供应链制造柔性的协调运作进行了研究。供应链制造柔性是企业应对环境不确定性的能力。本项目的计划研究要点分为以下四点：（1）对于供应链制造柔性在不同市场环境中的特质刻画；（2）供应链制造柔性的影响因素与效用研究；（3）供应链制造柔性协调运作机制研究；（4）供应链制造柔性的推广应用研究。.本项目主要开展了以下八方面的研究工作： 第一方面，多销售季节情况下，供应链制造柔性的投资决策模型；第二方面，供应链制造柔性与技术投资的相互作用；第三方面，供应链制造柔性在供应链期权合同定价中的作用； 第四方面，供应链制造柔性在基于时段的电费定价机制中的作用；第五方面，供应链制造柔性在电子商务环境下的应用；第六方面，信息不对称对于供应链制造柔性的影响；第七方面，考虑碳排放总量管制和交易规则的供应链制造柔性研究；第八方面，供应链制造柔性在多厂商的竞争市场中的运作效用。.项目研究取得了比较好的成果，相关研究成果已经发表在国际期刊《European Journal of Operational Research》　1篇，《Transportation Research Part B》1篇，《International Journal of Production Economics》3篇，《International Transactions in Operational Research》1篇（已接受，并在线发表），《Annals of Operations Research》1篇 （已接受，并在线发表），并且还有一篇论文正在期刊《Naval Research Logistics》的第一轮修改中。.