Perspectives for the implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain

The rise of new technologies is pushing companies to a new digital era. Among all technologies, one that has been gaining prominence is blockchain, which has potential for improving processes and enhance business models in supply chain. The implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chai...

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Main Authors: Bruno Sales Salvador, Alexandre Tadeu Simon
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Nove de Julho - Uninove 2022-04-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.uninove.br/exacta/article/view/21184
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description The rise of new technologies is pushing companies to a new digital era. Among all technologies, one that has been gaining prominence is blockchain, which has potential for improving processes and enhance business models in supply chain. The implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain is promising as it can bring benefits to everyone involved in the chain, among them, highlight for reliability, security, transparency, traceability and authenticity of information. Nonetheless, its application is still in the initial phase and this paper aims to shed light on the current research, trends and future related in the literature. Through an RSL (Systematic Literature Review) is identified how recent and innovative are studies published about the subject, as well as how researchers and universities are working on that around the world. The conclusion is that the issue has been attracting attention from academics, with researches dispersed in several countries and universities around the world, with growth potential. It was also identified a few papers with a high impact factor or citied many times, while these usually brings features as security, transparency and sustainability. Despite the advantages and potential, there is still a lack of empirical studies, characterizing a good gap for potential future research.
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spelling doaj-art-a02834763ea048659400827e42eba15f2025-08-20T02:54:53ZengUniversidade Nove de Julho - UninoveExacta1678-54281983-93082022-04-0122110.5585/exactaep.2022.21184Perspectives for the implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chainBruno Sales Salvador0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6146-4341Alexandre Tadeu Simon1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1422-2766Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP) / Piracicaba, SPMethodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP) / Piracicaba, SP The rise of new technologies is pushing companies to a new digital era. Among all technologies, one that has been gaining prominence is blockchain, which has potential for improving processes and enhance business models in supply chain. The implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain is promising as it can bring benefits to everyone involved in the chain, among them, highlight for reliability, security, transparency, traceability and authenticity of information. Nonetheless, its application is still in the initial phase and this paper aims to shed light on the current research, trends and future related in the literature. Through an RSL (Systematic Literature Review) is identified how recent and innovative are studies published about the subject, as well as how researchers and universities are working on that around the world. The conclusion is that the issue has been attracting attention from academics, with researches dispersed in several countries and universities around the world, with growth potential. It was also identified a few papers with a high impact factor or citied many times, while these usually brings features as security, transparency and sustainability. Despite the advantages and potential, there is still a lack of empirical studies, characterizing a good gap for potential future research. https://periodicos.uninove.br/exacta/article/view/21184blockchainsupply chainimplementation
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