A blockchain use case in food distribution: Do you know where your food has been?
By D. Bumblauskas, Arti Mann, Brett M. Dugan, Jacy Rittmer. International Journal of Information Management, 2020
437 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Abstract This paper aims to explain the implementation of blockchain technology in the production and supply chain delivery system for eggs from farm to consumer by a company based in the Midwestern USA. One of the primary research questions answered is how blockchain can be utilized and applied to more accurately and transparently move goods through global supply chains. This company is at the forefront of developing such systems for use in industry, and a use case for egg distribution is detailed. The goal is to track products from farm to fork using blockchain and internet of things (IoT) enabled technologies. By creating traceable and transparent supply chains for food, consumers can attain the information they need to make informed choices about the food they buy and the companies they support. For stakeholders in the food supply chain, having traceability and transparency builds better relationships with their customers, increases efficiency, and reduces the risk and cost of food recalls, fraud, and product loss. The blockchain technology and this business are creating a case for fixing and transforming the world’s food system.
Subfields: Food Science, Information Systems, Marketing
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In Information Systems
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- Evgenia F. Adamopoulou
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- Surabhi Somani
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Citations in the corpus
- Blockchain technology in supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research opportunities (2020, positive): “Blockchain DLT technique can be used to securely link all the actors of the entire food SC from the source to the consumers which can help eliminate food adulteration, ensure high resolution of food safety issues, improve management of quality issues and reduce the social chaos caused by uncoordinat”
- Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review (2020, background): “Trial results showed that Ethereum performed considerably better compared to Hyperledger Sawtooth, in terms of latency, CPU and network usage.”
- Blockchain-based food supply chain traceability: a case study in the dairy sector (2020, background): “Within the FSC domain, various authors have developed blockchainbased traceability mechanisms for meat (Meidayanti and Arkeman 2019), animal product supply chain (Marinello et al. 2017) and eggs supply (Bumblauskas et al. 2020).”