Manufacturer’s Collaborative Business Strategy with Two Different Reverse Channels in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain

Table 2

Results for the revenue-sharing strategy (s = 0.65, k = 0.6).

Manufacturer’s investment		Manufacturer’s profit	Manufacturer’s sales revenue	The effect of manufacturing cost reduction
Retailer (%)	Recycler (%)
5	95	10.51	25.08	9.34
10	90	10.76	25.73	9.22
15	85	11.04	26.48	9.12
20	80	11.28	27.18	9.01
25	75	11.52	27.88	8.88
30	70	11.72	28.51	8.73
35	65	11.88	29.04	8.54
40	60	11.99	29.49	8.34
45	55	12.04	29.83	8.12
50	50	12.06	30.10	7.88
55	45	12.03	30.28	7.63
60	40	11.92	30.30	7.35
65	35	11.73	30.43	6.99
70	30	11.48	30.58	6.55
75	25	11.30	30.67	6.11
80	20	11.20	30.76	5.76
85	15	11.18	30.89	5.50
90	10	11.17	30.99	5.30
95	5	11.15	31.10	5.16
Detailed analysis of optimal investment in the revenue-sharing strategy
Total investment of manufacturer		Manufacturer’s profit	Proportion of customers who return cartridges		Manufacturer’s investment/returned cartridge unit
Recycler	Retailer		Recycler	Retailer	Recycler	Retailer
4.36 (50%)	4.36 (50%)	12.06	67.8%	32.2%	0.34	0.31