Blockchains in operations and supply chains: A model and reference implementation

Helo, Petri; Hao, Yuqiuge

doi:10.1016/j.cie.2019.07.023

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“…Permissioned blockchains can contribute to increasing an organization's profitability [136]. It is important to classify the applications of blockchain technology in the scope of operations and SCM [137]. IBM is using blockchain as a next-generation supply chain tool [138].…”

Section: Modeling/pilotmentioning

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Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Paliwal¹,

Chandra²,

Sharma³

2020

Sustainability

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Through a systematic review of publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals, this paper investigates the role of blockchain technology in sustainable supply chain management. It uses the What, Who, Where, When, How, and Why (5W+1H) pattern to formulate research objectives and questions. The review considers publications since 2015, and it includes 187 papers published in 2017, 2018, 2019, and the early part of 2020, since no significant publications were found in the year 2015 or 2016 on this subject. It proposes a reusable classification framework—emerging technology literature classification level (ETLCL) framework—based on grounded theory and the technology readiness level for conducting literature reviews in various focus areas of an emerging technology. Subsequently, the study uses ETLCL to classify the literature on our focus area. The results show traceability and transparency as the key benefits of applying blockchain technology. They also indicate a heightened interest in blockchain-based information systems for sustainable supply chain management starting since 2017. This paper offers invaluable insights for managers and leaders who envision sustainability as an essential component of their business. The findings demonstrate the disruptive power and role of blockchain-based information systems. Given the relative novelty of the topic and its scattered literature, the paper helps practitioners examining its various aspects by directing them to the right information sources.

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Section: Modeling/pilotmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Paliwal¹,

Chandra²,

Sharma³

2020

Sustainability

167

190

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“…The exploration of blockchain adaptability in supply chain management has been observed in [34], [35] and [36]. Some [19] more recent works for feasibility of blockchain in supply chain have explored in [37][38] [39]. The greening of blockchain involvement in supply chain is well discussed with pros and cons in [40].…”

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Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology

Kumar

Saha

Buchanan

et al. 2020

Sustainable Cities and Society

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A distributed and transparent ledger system is considered for various e-commerce products including health medicines, electronics, security appliances, food products and many more to ensure technological and e-commerce sustainability. This solution, named as 'PRODCHAIN', is a generic blockchain framework with lattice-based cryptographic processes for reducing the complexity for tracing the ecommerce products. Moreover, we have introduced a rating based consensus process called Proof of Accomplishment (PoA). The solution has been analyzed and experimental studies are performed on Ethereum network. The results are discussed in terms of latency and throughput which prove the efficiency of PRODCHAIN in e-commerce products and services.The presented solution is beneficial for improving the traceability of the products ensuring the social and financial sustainability. This work will help the researchers to gain knowledge about the blockchain implications for supply chain possibilities in future developments for society.

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“…They also discussed the future challenges to adopt blockchain technology in food supply chain traceability systems. Helo and Hao [2] presented a classification of the possible applications of blockchain of supply chain management and demonstrated the technical arquitecture of Blockchain through a monitory system based on Ethereum. They conclude saying that the supply chain can be increasingly streamlined using Blockchain, which also ensures global authenticity and security for data and information at the same time.…”

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“…Otherwise, they have to rely on centralized regulatory bodies or intermediaries. This low transparency causes many problems and difficulties in the supply chain mechanism in terms of food safety, security, traceability, authentication, and verification system [2]. A potential solution to alleviate the above issues and concerns is usage of blockchain technology, which is a new digital technological approach underpinned by the Industry 4.0 to ensuring data integrity and preventing tampering and any single point failure [3].…”

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“…Blockchain is being applied in many fields such as digital currency, digital economy, operations and supply chains [4]. Blockchain can provide an immutable ledgers solution for several distributed participants in the chain by distributed software architecture and advanced computing technologies [2]. The main features of blockchain are that it is distributed, verified, and immutable [5].…”

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Impact of Blockchain Adoption for Safe Food Supply Chain Management through System Dynamics Approach from Management Perspectives in Thailand

tipmontian¹,

Alcover

Rajmohan

2020

Innovation Aviation &Amp;amp; Aerospace Industry - International Conference 2020

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Today’s food supply chain is incredibly complex and imposes enormous challenges across the Globe. Products are transported through multimodal transportation internationally, comprising of combination of ship, rail, truck and flight modes etc. The supply chain under multistage network poses more quality related issues. Hence, blockchain technology helps to enhance food safety and quality in the logistics process. This, when coupled with the existing traceability system can create more agile value chain and closer customer relationship across regions. Though, Thailand is a leading food exporter, it lacks in implementation of blockchain technology. The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of blockchain technology adoption for safe food supply chain management through System Dynamics (SD) approach from management perspectives in Thailand. The preliminary survey and discussion were carried out with the participants from food expert firms, and causal loop diagrams and stock and flow diagrams were developed and validated. The trade-off, challenges and opportunities of applying block chain technology on the global food value supply chain has been discussed throughout the system dynamics model. The major contribution of this work is in providing insight into some of the main dimensions of block chain technology and its implications for global food value chain performance improvements.

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Blockchains in operations and supply chains: A model and reference implementation

Cited by 374 publications

References 39 publications

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Blockchain Technology for Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review and a Classification Framework

Decentralized accessibility of e-commerce products through blockchain technology

Impact of Blockchain Adoption for Safe Food Supply Chain Management through System Dynamics Approach from Management Perspectives in Thailand

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