Pricing and Coordination for the Leasing and Recycling of Construction Machinery in a Supply Chain Based on Industrial Internet Platform

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This paper proposes a two-stage closed-loop supply chain model for construction machinery leasing based on Industrial Internet platform, which is optimized by Shapley value method and two-part pricing contract. Sensitivity analysis and numerical simulation are used to explore the influence of different parameters and decision variables on supply chain performance, which has certain guiding significance for the management of manufacturers and leasing companies in construction machinery leasing industry.

My comments are as follows:

1.   The introduction should summarize the limitations of the existing research and highlight the innovation and significance of this research.

2.   In the description of the model, the operation process of lease-oriented construction machinery closed-loop supply chain on the Industrial Internet platform should be briefly described, and the relevant stakeholders, material flow and information flow should be expressed.

3.   In numerical analysis, the influence of different parameters and decision variables on supply chain performance should be explained how to determine the value range.

4.   In the conclusion, it is better to point out the shortcomings of this study and the future research direction.

5.   The format of the article should be checked again. For example, in line 290, "Proof 4.: Find" should be changed to "Proof 4. Find"; The level 3 heading sequence number after the coordination contract model is incorrect.

6.   The reference is not standard. For example, Page numbers are missing in some literature; Words in English writing is not correct, "Construc-tion" in line 594 should be changed to "construction".

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Reviewer 2 Report

Abstract:

-        The abstract lacks the research gap considering the previous works in the research field.

-        At the abstract end, please clarify how each stakeholder could benefit from your proposed framework.

 

Introduction:

-        Line 39: the authors mentioned that leasing can yield greater supply chain profits than sales. How this statement could be applicable in the construction industry especially since they provided a reference to a paper outside the construction domain? Please give an example to support this statement from the construction industry perspective.

-        Lines 67-121: The authors mixed reviewing previous works with research gaps. Please put the review of relevant literature first; then clarify the research gaps in specific points. Finally, please explain how you addressed these points one by one.

-        The authors need to put all studies related to the research topic and construction field in one paragraph. Also, the authors are highly recommended to discuss how the construction machinery and its supply chain are different from their counterparts in other industries. This would better differentiate your work from others who used similar methods but in different applications.

-        Please clarify your contributions.

 

Model Framework:

-        Please explain equations 3-5.

-        Table 1: explain more about Maintenance sensitivity coefficient

-        Propositions 3 and 4: explain first the propositions in case of decentralized decision-making; then compare them with the case of centralized decision-making.

-        Line 329: proposition 6 needs better explanation.

-        Line 492: should it be figures 8 and 9 rather than figures 2 to 5?

-        Revise the numbering of figure 11 in section 4.4.

-        Lines 532-533: the authors mentioned that “When the compensation fee (444,484), the profits of all parties in the supply chain can be improved.” How you reached this result? Or is there any figure in this section that supports this statement?

 

Conclusion:

-        Please mention the study limitations, especially those related to the model assumptions. Also, discuss how this framework could be further developed and the challenges to its practical application.

-        Lines 549-563: please rewrite the managerial implications in specific points. Discuss each implication and support it with key results from the previous section.

 

 

 

Moderate editing of English language is required

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

I have no further comments.

Author Response

Thanks for the approval with no further comments.

Reviewer 2 Report

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The revised manuscript contains many grammar mistakes. A thorough language editing and revision are highly recommended.

 

Author Response

Dear Editors and Reviewers,

Many thanks for your valuable suggestions.

(1) We have carefully revised the manuscript, providing a point-by-point response to the reviewer's comments. Please see the response letter attached.

(2) We have checked all references for relevance to the content of the manuscript and made modification.

The deletions of references:

11.Wang, S. Y., and Q. X. Lan. "The Development and Enlightenment of Supply Chain Management under Globalization." Journal of Xinjiang: University Social Science Edition 31.2 (2003): 5-8. [CrossRef]

40.Ji, Jingna, Zhiyong Zhang, and Lei Yang. "Carbon emission reduction decisions in the retail-/dual-channel supply chain with consumers' preference." Journal of cleaner production 141 (2017): 852-867. [CrossRef]

The replacement of references:

15.Du, Wenyi, et al. "Two-part pricing contract and competition between two water supply chains: a theoretical and empirical analysis of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China." Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 68.3 (2019): 197-209. [CrossRef]

21.Xu, Ziyu. "Supply chain benefit distribution and economic sustainable development by Shapley model in smart city." Expert Systems (2022): e13078. [CrossRef]

22.Zheng, Xiao-Xue, et al. "Coordinating a closed-loop supply chain with fairness concerns through variable-weighted Shapley values." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 126 (2019): 227-253. [CrossRef]

23.Gao, Jinwu, Xiangfeng Yang, and Di Liu. "Uncertain Shapley value of coalitional game with application to supply chain alliance." Applied Soft Computing 56 (2017): 551-556. [CrossRef]

(3) The suggested mdpi editing service has been used for extensive English revision.

(4) All changes to the manuscript have been marked in red in the revised manuscript.

We deeply appreciate your consideration of our manuscript. If any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the address below: yinjing@bucea.edu.cn

Best regards,

Doctor: Jing Yin

E-mail: yinjing@bucea.edu.cn

Phone: +86-138-11835463

Department of Industrial Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China

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