A delivery time sensitive two-player channel that operates in a make-to-order or assemble-to-order fashion has been studied by this article.Based on the Stackelberg and the two-part profit sharing pricing mech- anisms,it analyzes the relatively optimal buffer size,transfer price,and the quoted delivery time that maxi- mize revenues less total variable production costs,inventory holding costs,and the lateness penalty (or out-of- stock) costs.Further,the robustness of optimal decision contribution...