Smart contract-based shipment for beverage supply chain 4.0

Praveen Vijaya Raj Pushpa Raj () and Vadivel S. M ()
Additional contact information
Praveen Vijaya Raj Pushpa Raj: K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University
Vadivel S. M: Operations Division, VIT Business School, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus

Journal of Transportation Security, 2025, vol. 18, issue 1, No 14, 22 pages

Abstract: Abstract The current highly disruptive market the supply chain complexities and security concerns are increasing. In order to increase the stability in the market fluctuation, and customer satisfaction, the real-time secure information sharing and traceability of the products between the entities in the is essential to prevent nefarious threats in the food supply chain. The effective, reliable, and automated information sharing in the supply chain is the key for supply chain 4.0. In this paper, we present a blockchain-based smart contract with an IoT-enabled shipment process to transform beverage supply chain operations to enhance the security and efficiency of the beverage supply chain. The proposed smart contract is being tested for the fresh orange juice supply chain operations framework intend to motivate supply chain 4.0 for secure, timely information and automated payment without the involvement of a third party. Furthermore, the proposed smart contract addresses the issue of perishable product expiry dates. The traceability feature of the blockchain, as well as real-time data transfer via IoT devices, ensure the product's quality and freshness.

Keywords: Blockchain; Smart contract; Supply chain 4.0; Credit payment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12198-025-00306-x Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:jtrsec:v:18:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s12198-025-00306-x

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/journal/12198

DOI: 10.1007/s12198-025-00306-x

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Transportation Security is currently edited by Andrew Thomas

More articles in Journal of Transportation Security from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().