Research Area:  Blockchain Technology

Abstract:

Blockchain is distributed digital ledger technology that facilitates reliable and transparent transactions among the participants of a system. Blockchain has been applied to various manufacturing applications and helps to create an automatic, decentralised smart manufacturing system with a high level of efficiency and productivity. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on blockchain in Industry 4.0 – applications, architectures, techniques, and research challenges. We propose a blockchain reference architecture for smart manufacturing, which guides our discussions on applying the blockchain technology to various applications of the smart factory and smart supply chain.

Author(s) Name:  Yanjun Zuo

Publisher name:  Taylor and Francis

DOI:  10.1080/17517575.2020.1856425

Volume Information:  Volume 15, 2021 - Issue 10

Paper Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17517575.2020.1856425