Technology assessment of blockchain-based technologies in the food supply chain

Köhler, Susanne; Pizzol, Massimo

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122193

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“…The most-cited two articles (number 8 and 11) share three keywords: "blockchain technology", "supply chain management" and "sustainability". Previous studies examine how the blockchain-based supply chain influences sustainability with discussion through the case studies or literature reviews of the technology-based supply chain with sustainability [5,[21][22][23][24][25][26]. Saberi et al [2] investigate the benefits of sustainability by adopting blockchain technology in supply chains.…”

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“…(iii) Waste management: blockchain technology allows businesses to track their waste [27], making it possible to recycle, reuse, or properly take care of those wastes. For example, the IBM Food Trust allows the food supply chain to track the amount of the food waste [26], which can not only minimize costs to blockchain adopters but also protect the environment. It is worth noting that energy efficiency is another area that can benefit from blockchain technology, but that area is typically beyond supply chain management, so we leave it for future study.…”

Section: Blockchain-based Supply Chain and Environmental Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The IBM Food Trust helps to secure food safety using blockchain technology. Supply chain partners and consumers can access reliable and transparent information on where the ingredients grew, and trace origins and spread if there were any cross-contamination and foodborne illness on the food chains [26]. The availability of this information improves consumer welfare and prevents additional costs for supply chain participants and society.…”

Section: Food Safety Health and Nutrition By Blockchainmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances

Park

2021

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Improving supply chain sustainability is an essential part of achieving the UN’s sustainable goals. Digitalization, such as blockchain technology, shows the potential to reshape supply chain management. Using distributed ledger technology, the blockchain platform provides a digital system and database to record the transactions along the supply chain. This decentralized database of transactions brings transparency, reliability, traceability, and efficiency to the supply chain management. This paper focuses on such novel blockchain-based supply chain management and its sustainability performances in the areas of environmental protection, social equity, and governance efficiency. Using a systematic literature review and two case studies, we evaluate whether the three sustainability indicators can be improved indirectly along supply chains based on blockchain technology. Our study shows that blockchain technology has the potential to improve supply chain sustainability performance, and we expect blockchain technology to rise in popularity in supply chain management.

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The Effect of Blockchain Technology on Supply Chain Sustainability Performances

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“…Recent technological advances have significantly contributed to traceability in food supply chains. For instance, blockchain technology increases trust, authenticity, and transparency [ 34 ]. However, there are several challenges such as the need for Internet-of-Things devices throughout the food supply chain to capture all the necessary data from several parties (supply chain actors) and transfer the data to the blockchain [ 35 ].…”

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“…However, there are several challenges such as the need for Internet-of-Things devices throughout the food supply chain to capture all the necessary data from several parties (supply chain actors) and transfer the data to the blockchain [ 35 ]. Moreover, blockchain technology is quite new, and long-term impacts of its implementation in the food chain are not yet proven [ 34 ]. Besides, with this technology, there is no actual consumer involvement, thus no consumer centricity in the supply chain.…”

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Food Traceability: A Consumer-Centric Supply Chain Approach on Sustainable Tomato

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Michailidis

2021

Foods

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Technological advances result in new traceability configurations that, however, cannot always secure transparency and food safety. Even in cases where a system guarantees transparency, the actual consumer involvement and a real consumer-based perspective cannot always be ensured. The importance of such consumer centricity is vital, since it is strongly associated with effective supply chains that properly fulfil their end-users’ needs and requests. Thus, the objective of this paper was to explore the level of consumer centricity in food supply chains under a traceability system. The methodological approach employed a framework of two studies validating subsequently a similar set of variables, using initially consumers data and then supply chain actors data. The supply chain of sustainable tomato was selected to design the studies. The level of agreement between datasets suggested the level of the supply chain consumer centricity. Findings showed health, trust, quality, nutrition, and safety-related values to be significant for the consumers towards accepting a traceability system. The supply chain actors also accepted a traceability system based on the fact that their customers’ needs rely on the exact same beliefs, indicating a high level of consumer centricity. The current work underlines the magnitude of consumer centricity in food supply chains and provides an easy and straightforward framework for its exploration. Key implications suggest the design of more effective supply chain and consumer-based strategies for the food industry. Policymakers could also adopt the concept of consumer centricity to further improve the food industry.

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