Author(s) Name:  Nir Kshetri

About the Book:

   Blockchain and Supply Chain Management combines discussions of blockchain and supply chains, linking technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, satellite imagery, and machine vision. The book examines blockchain-s basic concepts, relevant theories, and its roles in meeting key supply chain objectives. The book addresses problems related to inefficiency, opacity, and fraud, helping the digitization process, simplifying the value creation process, and facilitating collaboration. The book is balanced between blockchain and supply chain application and theory, covering the latest technological, organizational and regulatory developments in blockchain from a supply chain perspective.
    The book discusses the opportunities, barriers, and enablers of blockchain in supply chain policy, along with legal and ethical implications. Supply chain management faces massive disruption with the dynamic changes in global trade, the impact of Covid-19, and technological innovation. Entire industries are also being transformed by blockchain, with some of the most promising applications in supply chain management.

Table of Contents

Blockchain in supply chain: Key issues and concepts

 1. Blockchain in supply chain: Recent developments and key issues
 2. Blockchain-s roles in meeting key supply chain objectives
 3. Amplifying the Value of blockchain in SC: Combining with other technologies

Impacts on major industries and activities

 4. The Food and Beverage industry
 5. The Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry
 6. The Finance Industry

Opportunities, challenges, implications and the way forward

 7. Opportunities, barriers, and enablers of blockchain in supply chain
 8. Policy, legal and ethical implications
 9. Discussion, Conclusion and Recommendations

ISBN:  9780323899352

Publisher:  Elsevier

Year of Publication:  2021

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