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Blockchain-Based Traceability Architecture for Mapping Object-Related Supply Chain Events.
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Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) [Sensors (Basel)] 2023 Jan 27; Vol. 23 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 27. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Supply chains have evolved into dynamic, interconnected supply networks, which increases the complexity of achieving end-to-end traceability of object flows and their experienced events. With its capability of ensuring a secure, transparent, and immutable environment without relying on a trusted third party, the emerging blockchain technology shows strong potential to enable end-to-end traceability in such complex multitiered supply networks. This paper aims to overcome the limitations of existing blockchain-based traceability architectures regarding their object-related event mapping ability, which involves mapping the creation and deletion of objects, their aggregation and disaggregation, transformation, and transaction, in one holistic architecture. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel 'blueprint-based' token concept, which allows clients to group tokens into different types, where tokens of the same type are non-fungible. Furthermore, blueprints can include minting conditions, which, for example, are necessary when mapping assembly processes. In addition, the token concept contains logic for reflecting all conducted object-related events in an integrated token history. Finally, for validation purposes, this article implements the architecture's components in code and proves its applicability based on the Ethereum blockchain. As a result, the proposed blockchain-based traceability architecture covers all object-related supply chain events and proves its general-purpose end-to-end traceability capabilities of object flows.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1424-8220
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36772452
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031410