On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency
Data transparency is essential in the modern supply chain to improve trust and boost collaboration among partners. In this context, Blockchain is a promising technology to provide full transparency across the entire supply chain. However, Blockchain was originally designed to provide full transparen...
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| author | Houssein Hellani Layth Sliman Abed Ellatif Samhat Ernesto Exposito |
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| description | Data transparency is essential in the modern supply chain to improve trust and boost collaboration among partners. In this context, Blockchain is a promising technology to provide full transparency across the entire supply chain. However, Blockchain was originally designed to provide full transparency and uncontrolled data access. This leads many market actors to avoid Blockchain as they fear for their confidentiality. In this paper, we highlight the requirements and challenges of supply chain transparency. We then investigate a set of supply chain projects that tackle data transparency issues by utilizing Blockchain in their core platform in different manners. Furthermore, we analyze the projects’ techniques and the tools utilized to customize transparency. As a result of the projects’ analyses, we identified that further enhancements are needed to set a balance between the data transparency and process opacity required by different partners, to ensure the confidentiality of their processes and to control access to sensitive data. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3628e088cdaa4de78ec89df8930e25582025-08-20T03:33:08ZengMDPI AGLogistics2305-62902021-07-01534610.3390/logistics5030046On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data TransparencyHoussein Hellani0Layth Sliman1Abed Ellatif Samhat2Ernesto Exposito3LIUPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, Liuppa, 64600 Anglet, FranceEFREI Engineering School-Paris, AllianSTIC, 94800 Villejuif, FranceFaculty of Engineering-CRSI, Lebanese University, Hadat 1003, LebanonLIUPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, Liuppa, 64600 Anglet, FranceData transparency is essential in the modern supply chain to improve trust and boost collaboration among partners. In this context, Blockchain is a promising technology to provide full transparency across the entire supply chain. However, Blockchain was originally designed to provide full transparency and uncontrolled data access. This leads many market actors to avoid Blockchain as they fear for their confidentiality. In this paper, we highlight the requirements and challenges of supply chain transparency. We then investigate a set of supply chain projects that tackle data transparency issues by utilizing Blockchain in their core platform in different manners. Furthermore, we analyze the projects’ techniques and the tools utilized to customize transparency. As a result of the projects’ analyses, we identified that further enhancements are needed to set a balance between the data transparency and process opacity required by different partners, to ensure the confidentiality of their processes and to control access to sensitive data.https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/5/3/46DLTBlockchainsupply chainIoTsmart contract |
| spellingShingle | Houssein Hellani Layth Sliman Abed Ellatif Samhat Ernesto Exposito On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency Logistics DLT Blockchain supply chain IoT smart contract |
| title | On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency |
| title_full | On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency |
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| title_short | On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency |
| title_sort | on blockchain integration with supply chain overview on data transparency |
| topic | DLT Blockchain supply chain IoT smart contract |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6290/5/3/46 |
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