How Do Technologies Based on Cyber–Physical Systems Affect the Environmental Performance of Products? A Comparative Study of Manufacturers’ and Customers’ Perspectives

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Please add contribution with bullet mark in introduction (Please see and cite [1-3]) 

Please add lit. review table and add your research in end of table and show gap research (Please see and cite [1-3]) 

Please add notation list and classify to sets (indices) , parameters, decision variables (Please see and cite [1-3]) 

 

Your presentation is needed to improve (Please see and cite [1-3]) 

Please try to arrange article base on

1-Introduction

2-Literature review (survey on related work)

  Review

  Research Gap

      Table of review

3-Problem statement

  Problem statement

  Picture of problem statement

  Assumption

  Notation (sets (indices) , parameters, decision variables,)

  All formulation

  Solution approach

4-Results

    Sensitivity analysis

    Discussion

5-Managerial insights and practical implications

6-Conclusions and outlook

 

Please add discussion and clarify comparison.

Please add Managerial insights and practical implications.

Please add results with bullet mark in conclusion (Please see and cite [1-3]).

 

[1] Lotfi, R., Kargar, B., Gharehbaghi, A., Hazrati, H., Nazari, S., & Amra, M. (2022). Resource-constrained time–cost-quality-energy-environment tradeoff problem by considering blockchain technology, risk and robustness: a case study of healthcare project. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-17.

[2] Lotfi, R., Nazarpour, H., Gharehbaghi, A., Sarkhosh, S. M. H., & Khanbaba, A. (2022). Viable closed-loop supply chain network by considering robustness and risk as a circular economy. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-20.

[3] Lotfi, R., Kargar, B., Gharehbaghi, A., Afshar, M., Rajabi, M. S., & Mardani, N. (2022). A data-driven robust optimization for multi-objective renewable energy location by considering risk. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-22.

Author Response

Dear reviewer, 

First of all, I would like to thank you sincerely for your efforts in reviewing the manuscript. Please find attached, in pdf format, the document with the appropriate clarifications to your comments and recommendations for improvement. 

We hope to meet your requirements and those of the journal 'Sustainability'.

Kind regards,

Authors.

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Reviewer 2 Report

After reviewing this article, I have the following comments for the authors for revision before publication.

1.     Some keywords should be clearly defined. For example, in the abstract, I cannot clearly understand the "I40Ts" when I start to read this article.

2.     The paper is tried to state Technologies associated with the 4th Industrial Revolution in the Circular Economy , however, a new issue with most of the old references. Please add more new references.

3.     In section 3, Please state the reason for the sampling as “ A total of 104 responses were obtained, giving a response rate of 77.6%, specifically, 8 companies that develop Additive Manufacturing (AM) solutions, 28 Artificial Intelligence (AI), 18 Augmented Vision and/or Virtual Reality (VR/AR), 24 Big Data and/or Advanced Analytics (BD/AA) and 26 Internet of Things (IOT). “

4.     In Tables 3 – 5, I think the authors should not just offer your main findings, but also give us some strategies for the studies. 

Author Response

Dear reviewer, 

First of all, I would like to thank you sincerely for your efforts in reviewing the manuscript. Please find attached, in pdf format, the document with the appropriate clarifications to your comments and recommendations for improvement. 

We hope to meet your requirements and those of the journal 'Sustainability'.

Kind regards,

Authors.

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Reviewer 3 Report

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Author Response

Dear reviewer, 

First of all, I would like to thank you sincerely for your efforts in reviewing the manuscript. Please find attached, in pdf format, the document with the appropriate clarifications to your comments and recommendations for improvement. 

We hope to meet your requirements and those of the journal 'Sustainability'.

Kind regards,

Authors.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

It is suitable for publish

Reviewer 2 Report

Recommend this version for publication in the Journal of Sustainability.

Reviewer 3 Report

The Authors incorporated the suggestions.