Research Article

Sales Rebate Contracts in Fashion Supply Chains

Table 3

Expected profits under SCC, current practices, and no rebate case for sales-effort model.

Companies
MRSMHRXSSLS

SCC

[R’s profit] 232487.15 36975.36 17974681.83 70959.52 154588.22
[M’s profit] 118351.79 24464.38 8444736.48 57846.39 152942.49
[SC’s profit] 350838.94 61439.74 26419418.30 128805.91 307530.71
Order quantity 1353.30 1403.56 1354.30 1333.59 1422.78
u 697.06 187.74 50053.76 320.97 1354.69
u % (of p)
T 1089.23 1077.02 1088.33 1074.88 1062.42

No rebate

[R’s profit] 229802.28 36530.45 17731826.88 69466.49 150259.02
[M’s profit] 111258.02 22410.15 8017041.98 53109.09 137199.75
[SC’s profit] 341060.30 58940.60 25748868.86 122575.58 287458.77
Order quantity 1135.29 1120.51 1145.29 1062.18 1063.56

Current practices

[R’s profit] 230186.22 36607.12 23183476.66 69311.06 157497.80
[M’s profit] 111343.54 22521.91 2826025.68 54917.56 130897.33
[SC’s profit] 341529.76 59129.03 26009502.34 124228.62 288395.13
Order quantity 1140.14 1130.14 1187.70 1098.05 1070.92
u 7.49 2.40 5640 19 7.80
T 1020 1050 0 1100 0

Difference between the sales-effort model and the no-sales-effort model  
(sales-effort model minus no-sales-effort model)

SCC

[R’s profit] 45 3800 70 172
[M’s profit] 405 34200 630 1548
[SC’s profit] 450 38000 700 1720
T 27.21 19.47 22.71 25.8

No rebate

[R’s profit]−1570−150−172000−800−2150
[M’s profit] 2940 600 210000 1500 3870
[SC’s profit] 1370 450 38000 700 1720

Current practices

[R’s profit]−1459.21−117.35−2860.9−578.55−1916.09
[M’s profit] 2829.21 567.35 40860.89 1278.55 3636.08
[SC’s profit] 1370 450 38000 700 1720