Abstract:
In this paper, a trilateral supply chain (TSC) mode is proposed for the production waste recycle process by combing the horizontal and vertical supply chains. For the imbalance situation of multilateral relationship between supply and demands in multiproduct and multimarket environment with uncertainty, optimalcentralized decision making and optimaldecentralized decision making with dual masterslave mode in TSC are analyzed, respectively. Results show that: 1) the TSC mode is feasible; 2) the centralized decision making is superior to the decentralized decision making; and 3) revenuecost sharing contract is an efficient policy to maximize returns of the system and realize “winwin” between the members in the supply chain. Also, the utilization of minusprice system in the TSC achieves a reasonable distribution of benefits in the production waste recycle process.