Incentive schemes for semiconductor capacity allocation: A game theoretic analysis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Karabuk, S; Wu, SD
• 署名单位: University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; Lehigh University
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 175-188
• 关键词: semiconductor manufacturing; capacity planning; supply chain coordination; game theory; capacity-allocation game

摘要

W e study incentive issues that arise in semiconductor capacity planning and allocation. Motivated by our experience at a major U.S. semiconductor manufacturer, we model the capacity-allocation problem in a game-theoretic setting as follows: each product manager (PM) is responsible for a certain product line, while privately owning demand information through regular interaction with the customers. Capacity-allocation is carried out by the corporate headquarters (HQ), which allocates manufacturing capacity to product lines based on demand information reported by the PMs. We show that PMs have an incentive to manipulate demand information to increase their expected allocation, and that a carefully designed coordination mechanism is essential for HQ to implement the optimal allocation. To this end, we design an incentive scheme through bonus payments and participation charges that elicits private demand information from the PMs. We show that the mechanism achieves budget-balance and voluntary-participation requirements simultaneously. The results provide important insights into the treatment of misaligned incentives in the context of semiconductor capacity-allocation.