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

Table 3

Results of the payment strategy per unit returned cartridge (s = 0.65, k = 0.6).

Manufacturer’s investment		Manufacturer’s profit	Manufacturer’s sales revenue	Total investment	The effect of manufacturing cost reduction
Retailer	Recycler
Share of revenue from manufacturing cost reduction +; Share of revenue from new cartridge sales = (74%)	0.139/return cartridge	11.4	29.1	2.1	3.8
	0.167/unit returned cartridge	12.4	30.3	3.8	6.4
	0.222/unit cartridge	12.9	32.2	5.6	8.5
	0.278/return cartridge	12.4	33.4	7.1	9.9
Detailed analysis of optimal investment in the payment strategy per unit returned cartridge
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
2.01 (26%)	5.81 (74%)	12.9	57.4%	42.6%	0.22	0.356