Examining Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Performance in the Palm Oil Industry with the Triple Bottom Line Approach
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report (Previous Reviewer 1)
The authors reviewed the literature about sustainable supply chains within the palm oil industry. I do have a few comments.
1. You state that you included news articles (line 248), but the inclusion criteria were that all articles had to be peer-reviewed (line 254). I don’t think that news articles are peer-reviewed.
2. It is unclear which keyword you used:
"Cruise palm oil" OR "sustainable" OR "Supply Chain Management" OR "Performance" OR "Triple Bottom Line" -> returns 7,340,000 results on google scholar
"Cruise palm oil" AND "sustainable" AND "Supply Chain Management" AND "Performance" AND "Triple Bottom Line" -> returns no results on google scholar
You stated that you found 1.949 articles on google scholar.
3. Figure 3: Why do you have 2.045 “unprocessed search results”. These are duplicates aren't they?
4. Figure 5 states that more than 10 authors published more than 2,000 papers in the research area, which you reviewed. I doubt that, given that you reviewed less than 100 papers.
5. Why is the review so old? Why have you not included papers published in 2022 or 2023 in the review? However, you do cite more recent papers.
Please correct the English throughout the manuscript, for example:
According to [6] Explain about literature on the SSCM performance…
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 1 Comments
Point 1. You state that you included news articles (line 248), but the inclusion criteria were that all articles had to be peer-reviewed (line 254). I don’t think that news articles are peer-reviewed.
Response 1: This study only uses scientific journal articles, not including news articles
In this study, we had time to include news articles, but we did not include them, thank you for the corrections and input.
Point 2. It is unclear which keyword you used:
"Cruise palm oil" OR "sustainable" OR "Supply Chain Management" OR "Performance" OR "Triple Bottom Line" -> returns 7,340,000 results on google scholar
"Cruise palm oil" AND "sustainable" AND "Supply Chain Management" AND "Performance" AND "Triple Bottom Line" -> returns no results on google scholar
You stated that you found 1.949 articles on google scholar.
Response 2: This is to show the dimensions of each study, so we search based on each dimension that is similar and related to this study, namely
- "Cruise palm oil" OR
- "sustainable" OR
- "Supply Chain Management" OR
- “Performance” OR
- "Triple Bottom Line"
-> Regarding the 1,949 articles on Google Scholar, that is the number of articles used for review in this study, with keywords:
- "Cruise palm oil" OR
- "sustainable" OR
- "Supply Chain Management" OR
- “Performance” OR
- "Triple Bottom Line"
Point 3. Figure 3: Why do you have 2.045 “unprocessed search results”. These are duplicates aren't they?
Response 3: Because it does not meet the criteria for processing, the criteria are:
- Not relevant to the title of this study
- Do not use English
- The information presented is incomplete
- There are similarities between articles
It has been explained after explanation in Figure 3
Point 4. Figure 5 states that more than 10 authors published more than 2,000 papers in the research area, which you reviewed. I doubt that, given that you reviewed less than 100 papers.
Response 4: Sorry, We have no statements in this study
Point 5. Why is the review so old? Why have you not included papers published in 2022 or 2023 in the review? However, you do cite more recent papers.
Response 5: Because this research began to be compiled from 2022
Point 6. Please correct the English throughout the manuscript, for example:
According to [6] Explain about literature on the SSCM performance…
Response 6: We already adjusted in this study
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report (Previous Reviewer 3)
Referee Report for sustainability-2575228
Title: Impacts of platform coupons and power structure on an ecommerce supply chain
Overview
This paper examines and highlights the existing sustainable management practices across the entire palm oil supply chain. After reviewing the paper in detail, I have the following comments:
Minor Comments:
Comment 1: The research question is important and interesting. I suggest the authors the importance of palm oil supply chain in the Introduction earlier.
Comment 2: The literature review is missing. The related literature is missing. For example,
- Optimal innovation investment: The role of subsidy schemes and supply chain channel power structure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157, 107291.
- Effects of channel power structures on pricing and service provision decisions in a supply chain: A perspective of demand disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108715.
- Carbon emission reduction policy with privatization in an oligopoly model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
- Tuna and Swinney: Sustainability Implications of Supply Chain Responsiveness 2 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/epdf/10.1287/msom.2022.0152
- Long X, Gui L (2023) Waste not want not? The environmental impli-cations of quick response and upcycling. Working paper, Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
- Long X, Nasiry J (2022) Sustainability in the fast fashion industry. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 24(3):1276–129
Moreover, I suggest the authors add a table to highlight the contributions of the study.
Comment 3: In section 7, the data source should be added.
Comment 4: Some robust analysis is missing. The authors should extend the model to several directions.
Referee Report for sustainability-2575228
Title: Impacts of platform coupons and power structure on an ecommerce supply chain
Overview
This paper examines and highlights the existing sustainable management practices across the entire palm oil supply chain. After reviewing the paper in detail, I have the following comments:
Minor Comments:
Comment 1: The research question is important and interesting. I suggest the authors the importance of palm oil supply chain in the Introduction earlier.
Comment 2: The literature review is missing. The related literature is missing. For example,
l Horizontal partial shareholding, dual purpose concern, and mixed duopoly competition
l Managerial overconfidence, overinvestment, and R&D spillover
l Corporate social responsibility: The implications of cost improvement and promotion effort
l Optimal innovation investment: The role of subsidy schemes and supply chain channel power structure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157, 107291.
l Effects of channel power structures on pricing and service provision decisions in a supply chain: A perspective of demand disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108715.
l Carbon emission reduction policy with privatization in an oligopoly model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Moreover, I suggest the authors add a table to highlight the contributions of the study.
Comment 3: In section 7, the data source should be added.
Comment 4: Some robust analysis is missing. The authors should extend the model to several directions.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 2 Comments
Point 1. Referee Report for sustainability-2575228
Title: Impacts of platform coupons and power structure on an ecommerce supply chain
Response 1: We already adjusted change the title:
Examining Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Performance in the Palm Oil Industry with the triple bottom line approach
Because, this papers analysis about SSCM using Triple bottom line approach. This paper does not discuss the e-commerce supply chain, but discusses the sustainable supply chain.
Point 2. The research question is important and interesting. I suggest the authors the importance of palm oil supply chain in the Introduction earlier.
Response 2: Already included in the introduction about the importance of the palm oil supply chain
Point 3.
The literature review is missing. The related literature is missing. For example,
l Horizontal partial shareholding, dual purpose concern, and mixed duopoly competition
l Managerial overconfidence, overinvestment, and R&D spillover
l Corporate social responsibility: The implications of cost improvement and promotion effort
l Optimal innovation investment: The role of subsidy schemes and supply chain channel power structure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157, 107291.
l Effects of channel power structures on pricing and service provision decisions in a supply chain: A perspective of demand disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108715.
l Carbon emission reduction policy with privatization in an oligopoly model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Moreover, I suggest the authors add a table to highlight the contributions of the study.
Response 3. We already adjusted in this study and It has been represented in Figure 3
Point 4. In section 7, the data source should be added.
Response 4: Data source is entered
Point 5. Some robust analysis is missing. The authors should extend the model to several directions
Response 5: We already adjusted some robust analysis
for Extensive editing of English language required , we already adjusted proofread by : Paperpal.com ( https://preflight.paperpal.com/partner/ieee/access)
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 3 Report (New Reviewer)
- Rewrite the abstract.
- Use correct acronyms. Please check: potential markets for palm oil (CPO)
- Include some references for statistical data. Example: The top palm oil producers are Indonesia and Malaysia, which account for around 85% of global palm oil production.
- Enhance the quality of Figure 1.
- Please rewrite: The study by [3] found a growing body of literature on sustainable palm oil production and supply chain, reflecting the increasing global concern for sustainable development
- According to [6] Explain about literature on the SSCM performance of palm oil products, reflecting the increasing global concern for sustainable development
- What is the research gap? How will you justify the novelty of your work?
- The term supply chain management was first coined by Oliver and Weber in 1982 (Line number: 181) - Add a reference.
- Reorder the citations of references 11 and 12.
- What do you want to convey from Figure 2? Explain. Include a high-quality image.
- There are 5 stages used to conduct a literature review: - Is this your statement? If so, add more details. Else, add a reference.
- No explanation is found for section 3.1.3.1 Determination of keywords.
- Enhance the literature review section.
- Research methodology should be clearly explained. As of now, it isn't easy to understand.
- The following is the diagram of filtering the articles. (Line number: 333) - I can't see the diagram. Please check.
- Enhance the quality and discussions of figures 4 and 5.
- Analyze the review papers systematically in the results section.
- Include a section number for Implication for Firm and Managers (Line number 606).
- Please change the subsection titles:
1. Impication Managerial for Firm
2. Implication Managerial for Managers
- Rewrite the conclusion. Add the future scope of this work.
- Check the referencing style. Example: 9. Jermsittiparsert et al., 2019.
_ Writing is casual. Improve it.
- Check for grammatical errors and typos.
- Since it is a literature review paper, add more papers.
Moderate editing of the English language is required.
Author Response
Response to Reviewer 3 Comments
Point 1. Rewrite the abstract.
Response 1. We already rewrite abstract
Point 2.
Use correct acronyms. Please check: potential markets for palm oil (CPO)
Response 2: We already adjusted for correct acronyms
Point 3. Include some references for statistical data. Example: The top palm oil producers are Indonesia and Malaysia, which account for around 85% of global palm oil production.
Response 3: References for statistical data have been included [1]
Point 4. Enhance the quality of Figure 1.
Response 4: Already enhance the quality Figure 1. (redraw)
Point 5. Please rewrite: The study by [3] found a growing body of literature on sustainable palm oil production and supply chain, reflecting the increasing global concern for sustainable development
Response 5: We already rewrite
Point 6.
According to [6] Explain about literature on the SSCM performance of palm oil products, reflecting the increasing global concern for sustainable development
Response 6: We already rewrite
Point 7.
What is the research gap? How will you justify the novelty of your work?
Response 7: We already adjusted Described in table 1
Point 8.
The term supply chain management was first coined by Oliver and Weber in 1982 (Line number: 181) - Add a reference.
Response 8: We Already Add a reference.
Point 9. Reorder the citations of references 11 and 12.
Response 9: We already
Already Reorder the citations of references 11 and 12.
Point 10. What do you want to convey from Figure 2? Explain. Include a high-quality image.
Response 10: We already redraw figure 2
Point 11. There are 5 stages used to conduct a literature review: - Is this your statement? If so, add more details. Else, add a reference.
Response 11: We already add a reference
Point 12. No explanation is found for section 3.1.3.1 Determination of keywords.
Response 12: We already adjusted explanation for section 3.1.3.1 Determination of keywords
Point 13. Enhance the literature review section.
Response 13: We already Enhance the literature review section.
Point 14. Research methodology should be clearly explained. As of now, it isn't easy to understand.
Response 14: We already adjusted explained on methodology chapter
Point 15. The following is the diagram of filtering the articles. (Line number: 333) - I can't see the diagram. Please check.
Response 15: we already adjusted the diagram described is in figure 3
Point 16. Enhance the quality and discussions of figures 4, Analyze the review papers systematically in the results section, Include a section number for Implication for Firm and Managers (Line number 606),
Please change the subsection titles:
1. Implication Managerial for Firm
2. Implication Managerial for Managers
Response 16: We already adjusted in this study (Done)
Point 17. Rewrite the conclusion. Add the future scope of this work.
Response 17: We already adjusted Add the future scope of this work after limitation of this study.
Point 18. Check the referencing style. Example: 9. Jermsittiparsert et al., 2019.
Response 19: Already Done at reference
Point 20. Writing is casual. Improve it. Check for grammatical errors and typos. Since it is a literature review paper, add more papers.
Response 20: We already improve writing using proofreading https://preflight.paperpal.com/partner/ieee/access
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report (Previous Reviewer 1)
You have addressed some of my comments. But not all.
Point 2: I get more than 7 million results on google scholar using your keywords, but you say you got less than 2,000 results from google scholar.
Point 4: I still very much doubt that figure 5 is correct. I doubt that the same team of named authors published more than 2,000 papers about this topic.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer 1,
we would like to response your Comments and Suggestions for Authors,
Point 1: You have addressed some of my comments. But not all.
Response 1: We already adjusted responses to round 1 reviews via Author's Notes to Reviewers
Point 2: I get more than 7 million results on google scholar using your keywords, but you say you got less than 2,000 results from google scholar.
Response 2: We are searching for articles that are keyword- and year-specific. This is to demonstrate the aspects of each study, therefore we search using each of the following keywords:
- "Roaming palm oil" OR 2. "sustainable" OR
- "Supply Chain Management" OR
- "Performance" OR
- "Triple Bottom Lines"
-> The number of publications used for review in this study was 1,949, and they were found on Google Scholar with the following keywords:
One of the following: "Shipping palm oil"; "sustainable"; "supply chain management"; "performance"; or "triple bottom lines" (Page 6-8)
Point 4: I still very much doubt that figure 5 is correct. I doubt that the same team of named authors published more than 2,000 papers about this topic.
Response 4: We have no statements in this study..
We just explained about : Figure 5 depicts the distribution of the articles over the period under review. The articles mentioned were considered for this review and were distributed across 62 journals in several research domains. The presence of SCM research in journals outside the operations management domain may reflect the growing importance of supply chains concerning competitive advantage [22] as well as increasing recognition by academics in the various fields of supply chain management to address sustainable issues [23]. (Page 11)
Reviewer 3 Report (New Reviewer)
Congratulations! The quality of the manuscript is enhanced now.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer 3,
We would like to response your Comments and Suggestions for Authors,
Congratulations! The quality of the manuscript is enhanced now.
Response 1: Thank You Very much for your appreciation and taking the time to review our article
This manuscript is a resubmission of an earlier submission. The following is a list of the peer review reports and author responses from that submission.
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The authors present a systematic literature review of palm oil focussing on Sustainability Supply Chain Management. While the topic is interesting, the methodology has some flaws.
Major:
1. The numbers you mention don’t make sense:
1.1. The key word “Sustainable supply chain management" AND "Performance palm oil" returns only one result on google scholar for me. The key word “Sustainable supply chain management" alone returns almost 50,000 results. You state that you got 63 results.
1.2. The same applies to the Science direct search. I get 0 for the key word “Sustainable supply chain management" AND "Performance palm oil" and 2,133 results for only the key word “Sustainable supply chain management" and 396 results if I limit the search to abstract, title and keywords.
1.3. You wrote “Search Results on databases (n= 1.356)”. However, you only identified less than 100 papers from each of the 4 for each of the 4 databases you used.
1.4. 1.356 – 509 = 1.170 is not correct either: “Search Results on databases (n= 1.356)”, Duplication n=509, Results After Duplication Filter n=1.170
1.5. All other numbers don’t fit together either.
1.6. Please state whether you used one search string (“Sustainable supply chain management" AND "Performance palm oil") or conducted two separate searches (1: “Sustainable supply chain management", 2: "Performance palm oil".
1.7. Please specify whether you limited the search to abstract, title and keywords.
1.8. What do you mean by this: The 87 articles were shorted into 62 most relevant articles discussing "Sustainability Supply Chain Management" and "performance”. What were the criteria for this?
1.9. Please list the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
2. Please summarise the literature review papers mentioned in section 1 as a table (focus, key words used, databases, etc). Please also state how your literature review is different from these papers.
3. Can you please rephrase the paragraph prior to Figure 4. Vos viewer results of previous research, 2023. I thought at first that you were referring to a visualising published in a different paper, especially since you mentioned a year after the figure. Please confirm that this figure only includes papers included in your review.
4. I don’t understand figure 5. You state that “Picture. 5 depicts the distribution of
articles over the period under review”. The picture is a bar diagram. The Y axis are names of authors, and the x-axis starts at 2000 and goes to 2025. There are significantly more bars than names of authors on the Y-axis. Also, these authors can’t have written more than 2000 papers each given that you only included 62 in your search.
5. Figure 8. A spider diagram is not an appropriate way to display the number of papers per publisher/journal. Please convert the figure into a bar diagram. The same applies to figure 9.
Minor:
6. I would recommend adding the name of the author in front of the reference. Sentences like “[13], who takes a "macro perspective…” look strange otherwise.
7. Please also only use one reference style. In most cases you use numbers, but you also use author name and year (Liu et al. (2017), shiatsu wei chan 2018; Tundys &
wiśniewski, 2018), Fahimnia et al. (2015) – page 11).
8. You use the pronoun I when you explain the methodology of the literature review, even though the paper is written by multiple authors.
The English is okay, but sometimes a bit wordy:
Based on the results of a systematic literature review, it can be seen from the results of searching and synthesizing previous research articles that….
Reviewer 2 Report
Review-Report on sustainability-2429094 entitled "Examining Sustainability Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Performance In The Palm Oil Industry: A Systematic Literature Review"
Comments and Suggestions for Authors:
This manuscript aims at reviewing existing literature with respect to sustainable Supply Chain Management in the palm oil industry. Aimis to elaborate on the importance of this topic, related practices, performance management and existing research gaps. While the relevance of the topic becomes clear, the manuscript has substantial weaknesses:
First, it does not become clear how this paper distinguishes itself from previous reviews (e.g., cited references [2], [3] and [7] (p.2-4); “The study "Sustainability Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Performance of Palm Oil Products: A Systematic Literature Review" by Abdullahi Ahmed and Mohammad T. A. Aldhaibani (2021)” (p. 15, not listed in the references and I was not able to find it online) and to what extent its approach and results are supposed to advance the current knowledge. The main contribution of this paper remains unclear.
Second, the methodological approach is inconsistent (e.g., study selection procedure: numbers of included/excluded studies do not match with each other within figure 3 and the text (p. 5/6)) and difficult to follow: based on which criteria were the „most relevant articles“ (p.6) selected?. In addition, it does not become clear how the “results”, in particular the cluster analysis (p.7), “Research Trends and Issues” (p.11) and “Research Gap Analysis” (p.11), were generated.
Lastly, the structure of the manuscript is inconsistent and a common thread is missing. Language and the way of presenting methods, analyses and results (especially in figures) further hampers comprehensibility.
I would recommend that the authors identify a distinct research gap and review their methodological approach and structure of the manuscript again. This could lead to a valuable academic contribution. Unfortunately, in its current state, I cannot recommend accepting this paper.
The authors should revise language to improve the flow and readability of the text. Special attention should be paid to proof-reading to avoid careless mistakes (e.g., “"articles published in 2050-2016"” (p.7) or “performance of sustainable supply chaos" (p.7) and 1:1 repetitions within the text (p.3; p.7).
Reviewer 3 Report
Comment 1: The introduction should highlight the controbutions.
Comment 2： Some recent papers are missing. I think those papers are also related.
Li C., Liu Q., Zhou P. , & Huang H. (2021). Optimal innovation investment: The role of subsidy schemes and supply chain channel power structure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157, 107291.
Zhai Y., Bu C., & Zhou P. (2022). Effects of channel power structures on pricing and service provision decisions in a supply chain: A perspective of demand disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108715.
Comment 3: Please add some examples and data to verify the main findings.
Comment 4: What's the implications for firms and managers?
Comment 5: The journal of sustainable supply chain management should be focused on operations management and supply chain management.
Comment 6: The key-words of sustainable management should be analyzed.
Comment 7: The research trend should be focued on ESG.
Comment 1: The introduction should highlight the controbutions.
Comment 2： Some recent papers are missing. I think those papers are also related.
Li C., Liu Q., Zhou P. , & Huang H. (2021). Optimal innovation investment: The role of subsidy schemes and supply chain channel power structure. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 157, 107291.
Zhai Y., Bu C., & Zhou P. (2022). Effects of channel power structures on pricing and service provision decisions in a supply chain: A perspective of demand disruptions. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 173, 108715.
Comment 3: Please add some examples and data to verify the main findings.
Comment 4: What's the implications for firms and managers?
