Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology
An interesting research problem in the supply chain industry is evaluating and determining the provenance of physical goods—demonstrating the authenticity of luxury goods such as bottled wine. However, many supply chain systems and networks have been built and implemented with centralized system arc...
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| description | An interesting research problem in the supply chain industry is evaluating and determining the provenance of physical goods—demonstrating the authenticity of luxury goods such as bottled wine. However, many supply chain systems and networks have been built and implemented with centralized system architecture, relying on centralized authorities or any form of intermediary, and leading to issues such as single-point processing, storage and failure, which could be susceptible to malicious modifications to product records or various potential attacks to system components by dishonest participant nodes traversing along the supply chain. Blockchain technology has evolved from merely being a decentralized, distributed and immutable ledger of cryptocurrency transactions to a programmable interactive environment for building decentralized and reliable applications addressing different use-cases and existing problems in the world. In this research, with a chosen research method of proof-by-demonstration, the Decentralized NFC-Enabled Anti-Counterfeiting System (dNAS) is proposed and developed, decentralizing a legacy anti-counterfeiting system of the supply-chain industry using Blockchain technology to facilitate trustworthy data provenance retrieval, verification and management, as well as strengthening the capability of the product’s anti-counterfeiting and traceability qualities in the wine industry, with the capacity to further extend this to the supply chain industry as a whole. The proposed dNAS utilizes a decentralized blockchain network with a consensus protocol compatible with the concept of enterprise blockchain, programmable smart contracts and a distributed file storage system to develop a secure and immutable scientific-data provenance tracking and management platform on which provenance records, providing compelling properties of the data integrity of luxurious goods, are recorded, verified and validated automatically. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46c87d80078042ce9577d11445a438502023-11-21T11:56:21ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032021-03-011348410.3390/fi13040084Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain TechnologyNeo C. K. Yiu0Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QD, UKAn interesting research problem in the supply chain industry is evaluating and determining the provenance of physical goods—demonstrating the authenticity of luxury goods such as bottled wine. However, many supply chain systems and networks have been built and implemented with centralized system architecture, relying on centralized authorities or any form of intermediary, and leading to issues such as single-point processing, storage and failure, which could be susceptible to malicious modifications to product records or various potential attacks to system components by dishonest participant nodes traversing along the supply chain. Blockchain technology has evolved from merely being a decentralized, distributed and immutable ledger of cryptocurrency transactions to a programmable interactive environment for building decentralized and reliable applications addressing different use-cases and existing problems in the world. In this research, with a chosen research method of proof-by-demonstration, the Decentralized NFC-Enabled Anti-Counterfeiting System (dNAS) is proposed and developed, decentralizing a legacy anti-counterfeiting system of the supply-chain industry using Blockchain technology to facilitate trustworthy data provenance retrieval, verification and management, as well as strengthening the capability of the product’s anti-counterfeiting and traceability qualities in the wine industry, with the capacity to further extend this to the supply chain industry as a whole. The proposed dNAS utilizes a decentralized blockchain network with a consensus protocol compatible with the concept of enterprise blockchain, programmable smart contracts and a distributed file storage system to develop a secure and immutable scientific-data provenance tracking and management platform on which provenance records, providing compelling properties of the data integrity of luxurious goods, are recorded, verified and validated automatically.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/4/84blockchainanti-counterfeitingsmart contractsproduct authenticityend-to-end traceabilitysupply chain integrity |
| spellingShingle | Neo C. K. Yiu Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology Future Internet blockchain anti-counterfeiting smart contracts product authenticity end-to-end traceability supply chain integrity |
| title | Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology |
| title_full | Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology |
| title_fullStr | Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology |
| title_short | Decentralizing Supply Chain Anti-Counterfeiting and Traceability Systems Using Blockchain Technology |
| title_sort | decentralizing supply chain anti counterfeiting and traceability systems using blockchain technology |
| topic | blockchain anti-counterfeiting smart contracts product authenticity end-to-end traceability supply chain integrity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/13/4/84 |
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