Strategic Information Sharing in a Dynamic Supply Chain with a Carrier under Complex Uncertainty

Table 1

The decision variables and parameters in the model.

Decision variables
Notation	Description	Notation	Description
	Transportation capacity		Manufacturer’s order forecast
	Order point
Parameters
Notation	Description	Notation	Description
	Period		Supply chain’s total cost
	Retailer’s total cost		Manufacturer’s total cost
MH	Retailer’s in-transit inventory		Retailer’s remaining inventory
MR	Order received by the retailer		Total delayed penalty cost of the carrier
ML	Retailer’s in-transit inventory		Yield risk factor
I	Retailer’s initial inventory		Manufacturer’s back order
IE	Retailer’s ending inventory	H	Manufacturer’s unit inventory holding cost
IP	Retailer’s current inventory	B	Manufacturer’s unit short cost
	Retailer’s back order		Manufacturer’s ending inventory
	Order process time		Manufacturer’s initial inventory
S	The maximum inventory level	sale	Delivered order quantity of the manufacturer
	The safety factor on inventory		Total penalty cost of the manufacturer
Q	Retailer’s order quantity		The cost of maintaining the transportation capacity
h	Retailer’s unit inventory holding cost		Retailer’s unit short cost
	Carrier’s total cost		The actual market demand
	Transportation time	,	System parameters
	Unit transportation cost		Mean of uncertain market demand
	Unit penalty cost due to transportation delay		Standard deviation of uncertain market demand
	Mean of order process time		Standard deviation of uncertain yield
	Standard deviation of order process time		Standard deviation of transportation time
	Mean of transportation time		Fixed order cost of the manufacturer
	Fixed order cost of the retailer