Information Sharing in a Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Asymmetric Demand Forecasts

Table 2

Notations of the closed-loop supply chain model.

Symbols	Definitions
	The unit cost of manufacturing a new product from raw materials
	The unit cost of remanufacturing a returned product into a new one
	The unit cost of saving due to the remanufacturing operations
	The manufacturer’s collection efficiency
	The potential market demand
	The price sensitiveness of demand
	The final market’s demand
	The holding cost per unit of inventory
	The shortage cost per unit of exceeding quantity
	The retailer’s order quantity
	The wholesale price of the manufacturer (decision variable)
	The manufacturer’s collection rate of used products (decision variable)
	The retail price of the retailer (decision variable)
	The manufacturer’s output in the MTS scenario (decision variable)