Cosumer and Supply Chain Management; Toward a new supply- demand model

• Project/Area Number: 24653069
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Osaka City University
• Principal Investigator: SHIBATA JUN 大阪市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 准教授 (50281267)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: サプライチェーンマネージメント / 戦略的消費者モデル / GMS / 消費者の戦略的行動 / オーダーメード社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research studies a change from a mass production and mass consumption society to an order-made production societyl in the decreasing population age. We've studied theoreticaly and empirically on the production, distribution and consumption system from the applied microeconomic view. We've found that players in the supply chain share more information, the lead time from the production to the consumption is shortened and they tried to minimize the slack in the supply chain.