Blockchain applications and challenges for supply chain and Industry 4.0: a literature review

Q3 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1504/ijads.2023.127957

Kuanchin Chen, Damodar Y. Golhar, Snehamay Banerjee

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Abstract

Application of blockchain technology to facilitate a flexible, reliable, and efficient supply chain is an emerging phenomenon. Motivated by its potential use, researchers have started investigating blockchain's use for managing complex global supply chains. In addition to established supply chain performance criteria, Industry 4.0 requires a more data driven supply chain (SC), where data collection, transmission and processing capabilities are embedded in smart products. However, review articles of blockchain in SC primarily report descriptive statistics, but do not provide sufficient evidence on how topics are studied together. This article discusses the role of blockchain in SC and presents a methodology to study co-occurrence of blockchain topics in SC. Three most often researched topics identified are transparency/traceability, transaction related issues and tracking. Using a machine learning algorithm, we further examine trends of co-occurrence among various topics of interest and identify 'gaps' in existing literature and point to future research directions.

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供应链和工业4.0的区块链应用和挑战:文献综述

应用区块链技术促进灵活、可靠和高效的供应链是一种新兴现象。受其潜在用途的激励，研究人员开始研究区块链在管理复杂的全球供应链方面的用途。除了既定的供应链绩效标准外，工业4.0还需要更多的数据驱动供应链(SC)，其中数据收集，传输和处理能力嵌入智能产品中。然而，SC中区块链的综述文章主要报告了描述性统计数据，但没有提供足够的证据来说明如何将主题放在一起研究。本文讨论了区块链在供应链中的作用，并提出了一种方法来研究供应链中区块链主题的共现性。确定的三个最常研究的主题是透明度/可追溯性、交易相关问题和跟踪。使用机器学习算法，我们进一步研究了各种感兴趣的主题之间共现的趋势，并确定了现有文献中的“差距”，并指出了未来的研究方向。

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International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences Decision Sciences-Information Systems and Management

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期刊介绍： IJADS is a double-blind refereed international journal whose focus is to promote the infusion of the functional and behavioural areas of business with the concepts and methodologies of the decision sciences and information systems. IJADS distinguishes itself as a business journal with an explicit focus on modelling and applied decision-making. The thrust of IJADS is to provide practical guidance to decision makers and practicing managers by publishing papers that bridge the gap between theory and practice of decision sciences and information systems in business, industry, government and academia. Papers published in the journal must contain some link to practice through realistically detailed examples or real applications.