Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances
Nowadays, the traditional production is unable to meet the new diverse needs of target customers. In the current customization era, more and more companies are required by customers to provide more desirable customized products. However, research on customization and standardization based on quantit...
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| author | Bisheng Du Bisheng Du Zhenfang Li Jia Yuan Jingyi Zheng Wenwen Shu Yao Jin |
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| description | Nowadays, the traditional production is unable to meet the new diverse needs of target customers. In the current customization era, more and more companies are required by customers to provide more desirable customized products. However, research on customization and standardization based on quantitative analysis has drawn little attention in the literature of dual channel supply chain. In this paper, we study the effect of adopting a dual channel supply chain on the performance of a two-level system (manufacturer-retailer) by using a novelty quantitative approach. We try to analyze the system to get optimal prices and maximize profits, where manufactures offer both standardized and customized products via their traditional and customized channels, respectively. We build a Stackelberg game mode to construct a centralized and a decentralized dual channel scenarios. Furthermore, we study the effects of the different channel structures on price, degree of customization, degree of standardization, and supply chain profitability. We also analyze the effects of both standardized and customized demand sensitivities on their prices and profits. Eventually, we introduce a cost-sharing coordinating contract to optimize the channel's performance. We find that the potential market demand for customization affects the price of customized products and the profits of customized channels. Compared with the decentralized dual channel case, the cost-sharing contract can achieve higher total channel profits. In the cost-coordination case, there is an optimal range for the proportion of standardized costs borne by manufacturers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3a57e899fa6945709b551951a08c8cc42022-12-22T04:30:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.871322871322Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel PerformancesBisheng Du0Bisheng Du1Zhenfang Li2Jia Yuan3Jingyi Zheng4Wenwen Shu5Yao Jin6Business School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaCenter for Collaborative Innovation on Port Trading Cooperation and Development, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaBusiness School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaBusiness School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaStockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SwedenSchool of Civil Engineering and Environment, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaLaw School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, ChinaNowadays, the traditional production is unable to meet the new diverse needs of target customers. In the current customization era, more and more companies are required by customers to provide more desirable customized products. However, research on customization and standardization based on quantitative analysis has drawn little attention in the literature of dual channel supply chain. In this paper, we study the effect of adopting a dual channel supply chain on the performance of a two-level system (manufacturer-retailer) by using a novelty quantitative approach. We try to analyze the system to get optimal prices and maximize profits, where manufactures offer both standardized and customized products via their traditional and customized channels, respectively. We build a Stackelberg game mode to construct a centralized and a decentralized dual channel scenarios. Furthermore, we study the effects of the different channel structures on price, degree of customization, degree of standardization, and supply chain profitability. We also analyze the effects of both standardized and customized demand sensitivities on their prices and profits. Eventually, we introduce a cost-sharing coordinating contract to optimize the channel's performance. We find that the potential market demand for customization affects the price of customized products and the profits of customized channels. Compared with the decentralized dual channel case, the cost-sharing contract can achieve higher total channel profits. In the cost-coordination case, there is an optimal range for the proportion of standardized costs borne by manufacturers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871322/fullcustomer behaviorchannel selectionstandardized productcustomized productdual channel |
| spellingShingle | Bisheng Du Bisheng Du Zhenfang Li Jia Yuan Jingyi Zheng Wenwen Shu Yao Jin Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances Frontiers in Psychology customer behavior channel selection standardized product customized product dual channel |
| title | Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances |
| title_full | Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances |
| title_fullStr | Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances |
| title_full_unstemmed | Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances |
| title_short | Customer's Channel Selection Behavior on Purchasing Standardized and Customized Products: Optimized Prices and Channel Performances |
| title_sort | customer s channel selection behavior on purchasing standardized and customized products optimized prices and channel performances |
| topic | customer behavior channel selection standardized product customized product dual channel |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871322/full |
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