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Shifting to Sustainable Management by implementing Blockchain technology in agri-food supply chains: hype or hope for SMEs
Event Title
Proceedings of 28th EurOMA Conference
Year (definitive publication)
2021
Language
English
Country
Germany
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Abstract
Sustainability awareness and the food industry's challenges force agri-food companies to implement sustainable actions. Agri-food supply chain networks complexity/fragmentation are barriers to detect suppliers' unsustainable practices. Implementing traceability mechanisms allow identifying unsustainable links within supply chains, and Blockchain-technology (BCT) has been advocated as a truthful option. Through a case study, BCT drivers and challenges were addressed to evaluate BCT implementation success in a German organic food SME. Our findings show that SMEs faces two major decisions: how to facilitate network collaboration, and which data to capture in BCT. Additional challenges include data protection, data-input verification, interoperability, and BCT workers' skills.
(https://event.euroma2021.exordo.com/presentation/544/shifting-to-sustainable-management-by-implementing-blockchain-technology-in-the-food-supply-chain-hype-or-hope-for-smes)
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Keywords
Blockchain,Sustainable Supply Chain,Traceability
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Computer and Information Sciences - Natural Sciences
- Other Engineering and Technology Sciences - Engineering and Technology
- Economics and Business - Social Sciences
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