Abstract A dynamic brick-and-mortar Supply Chain (SC) evaluates the benefits of implementing smart applications and intelligent systems to improve the efficiency of a Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI). In the SC game, the manufacturer sets the production rate and replenishes the inventory at the retailer’s store. The retailer sets the price, which affects both the sales and the inventory. Firms share the revenues and the inventory costs through a sharing agreement. The inventory dynamics increase in the production rate, decrease in the sales and vary according to some stochastic and time-independent error terms. The adoption of a smart application allows the SC to remove these error terms. Nevertheless, the consulting company implementing the intelligent system charges fees that depend on the error term amplitude and inventory level. Furthermore, intelligent solutions allow the SC to better satisfy the consumers, although their impact on production and emissions may be detrimental questioning whether they lead to a responsible digitalization. We identify the conditions under which the adoption of a smart system is economically beneficial for the whole SC as well as its operational, environmental, and SC coordination implications.

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具有供应商管理库存、协调和环境绩效的智能供应链。

摘要 动态实体供应链 (SC) 评估了实施智能应用程序和智能系统以提高供应商管理库存 (VMI) 效率的好处。在 SC 游戏中，制造商设定生产率并在零售商的商店补充库存。零售商设定价格，这会影响销售和库存。公司通过共享协议共享收入和库存成本。库存动态增加生产率，减少销售额，并根据一些随机和与时间无关的误差项而变化。采用智能应用程序允许 SC 删除这些错误项。然而，实施智能系统的咨询公司收取的费用取决于误差项幅度和库存水平。此外，智能解决方案使 SC 能够更好地满足消费者，尽管它们对生产和排放的影响可能是有害的，质疑它们是否会导致负责任的数字化。我们确定了采用智能系统对整个供应链及其运营、环境和供应链协调产生经济利益的条件。