| 摘要 |
<p>Abstract: [001] A method and process for providing incentives to participants in supply chain networks by an incentive program. [002] This method of providing incentives to any number of participants in a supply chain network by coordinating their buying and selling of inputs and outputs to obtain discounts or rebates on inputs and outputs comprising: a step of combining a network of input buyers and/or output sellers; a step of a program administrator coordinating with input suppliers and/or output acquirers on behalf of program participants for payments, discounts or rebates on the purchases of inputs or sales of outputs; a step of enhancing those sums by investing, hedging or acquiring contracts of insurance; and a step of redistributing a part or all of those payments, discounts or rebates to the program participants in proportion to their financial or operational performance; and a step of a program administrator determining the amount of variable incentives to be allocated to participants. Figure 1 Program -- Supplier 1 Participant Buye1 -- Supplier Participant Buyer 2 - Supplier 3 Participant Buyer 3 Participant</p> |
