Evaluating Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Challenges (A Survey)

Abstract

Blockchain technology is an emerging technology that will have a significant impact on the business of organizations. One of the influential areas of blockchain technology is the supply chain sector. Supply chain is a network of people and companies that focuses on the production and distribution of a specific product or service from the stage of primary producers to customers and consumers. Most supply and distribution networks face problems with managing all these components together. Many problems of current supply chains can be solved through blockchain technology; Because blockchain offers us very good and pristine ways to record, transfer and share information. The literature in this field is more focused on the technological sector and pays less attention to other sectors. In this research, it is emphasized the need to pay attention to the relationships between supply chain partners and change management when adopting this technology. Also, the current research identifies some of the challenges of adopting blockchain technology with a comprehensive view for the first time and places these challenges in a new classification. These challenges are classified in the groups of organizational challenges, inter-organizational challenges, external/environmental challenges, and technological challenges.