SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION MODEL WITH MONOPOLY OF SERVICE CENTERS IN EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES BASED ON SHAPLEY VALUE ALLOCATION

Authors

  • Ki Ho Chung Department of Business Administration, Kyungsung University, Busan, Korea
  • Seung Yoon Ko Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
  • Chul Ung Lee
  • Chang Seong Ko Kyungsung University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2016.23.3.2841

Keywords:

express delivery services, sustainable collaboration, monopoly of service centers, Shapley value

Abstract

Delivery amounts in the Korean express service market are constantly increasing, in spite of the long-term downturn and slow growth in most of the industries. This saturated market, where a large number of companies are entering the delivery service market, leads to severe competition among small and medium-sized express delivery companies. Economies of scale created through collaboration incur the reduction of operational cost. This cooperation among service centers may also lead to increment in net profit of participating companies. This study proposes a sustainable collaboration model with which service centers will still be opened or closed in merging regions with low demand in express delivery services. In addition, in the process of forming coalitions in express delivery services, Shapley value is applied to give fair allocation to each company based on its marginal contribution. An example problem is given to verify the appropriateness of the suggested collaboration model.

Author Biography

Chang Seong Ko, Kyungsung University

Department of Industrial & Management Engineering

Published

2016-12-19

How to Cite

Chung, K. H., Ko, S. Y., Lee, C. U., & Ko, C. S. (2016). SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATION MODEL WITH MONOPOLY OF SERVICE CENTERS IN EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICES BASED ON SHAPLEY VALUE ALLOCATION. International Journal of Industrial Engineering: Theory, Applications and Practice, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.23055/ijietap.2016.23.3.2841

Issue

Section

Special Issue: 2015 East Asia Workshop on Industrial Engineering