Research Article

Line-of-Credit Payment Scheme and Its Impact on the Retailer’s Ordering Policy with Inventory-Level-Dependent Demand

Table 11

The comparisons of the retailer’s optimal solutions between full delay payment and LOC payment scheme with different values of , , and .

ParametersOptimal solutions under full delay paymentOptimal solutions under LOC

0.40190.654384.95190.654384.990.00%0.00%
0.60210.254835.75210.254835.800.00%0.00%
0.80235.735421.79235.735421.790.00%0.00%
1.00270.676225.41264.765750.002.18%7.64%
1.20322.647420.72298.565750.007.46%22.51%
1.40411.219457.83346.225750.0015.80%39.20%

28235.735421.79235.735043.670.00%0.00%
29256.405897.20254.625750.000.69%2.49%
30283.436518.89273.145750.003.63%11.79%
31320.867379.78296.235750.007.68%22.09%
32377.458681.35326.075750.0013.61%33.77%
33477.2410976.52373.675750.0021.70%47.62%

0.05230.615304.03230.615303.920.00%0.00%
0.10232.255341.75232.255341.820.00%0.00%
0.20235.735421.79235.735421.790.00%0.00%
0.40243.435598.89243.435598.840.00%0.00%
0.60252.165799.68251.575750.000.23%0.86%
0.80260.485991.04257.525750.001.14%4.02%