On Blockchain Integration with Supply Chain: Overview on Data Transparency

Houssein Hellani, Layth Sliman, Abed Ellatif Samhat and Ernesto Exposito
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Houssein Hellani: LIUPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, Liuppa, 64600 Anglet, France
Layth Sliman: EFREI Engineering School-Paris, AllianSTIC, 94800 Villejuif, France
Abed Ellatif Samhat: Faculty of Engineering-CRSI, Lebanese University, Hadat 1003, Lebanon
Ernesto Exposito: LIUPPA, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, Liuppa, 64600 Anglet, France

Logistics, 2021, vol. 5, issue 3, 1-23

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: DLT; Blockchain; supply chain; IoT; smart contract (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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