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Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management: Challenge and Future Perspectives

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Modern supply chains include multi-layered and geographically separated entities, which leads to the globalization of supply chains and the need for separate regulatory policies. Because of that, the process of managing and controlling information and material flows throughout the supply chain structure has become laborious. Nevertheless, being in the era of information and communication technology, various technologies have been proposed for the facilitation of more efficient supply chain management. One of the cases that have been widely discussed in recent years is the use of blockchain technology as a distributed digital ledger that guarantees the integrity, traceability, transparency, and security of information. In this study, we discuss the overall potential for Blockchain in supply chain management to shed light on this burgeoning subject.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Buali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

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  2. Industrial Engineering Department, Girne American University, Kyrenia, 99428 TRNC, Turkey

    Mazyar Ghadiri Nejad

  3. Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK

    Reza Vatankhah Barenji

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Arabian, M., Ghadiri Nejad, M., Barenji, R.V. (2023). Blockchain Technology in Supply Chain Management: Challenge and Future Perspectives. In: Azizi, A., Barenji, R.V. (eds) Industry 4.0. Emerging Trends in Mechatronics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2012-7_9

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