Blockchain and the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Practical Applications - Softcover

Vyas, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749484020 ISBN 13: 9780749484026

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2019

Synopsis

<p><b>Blockchain can transform companies when successfully integrated into existing supply chain ecosystems and practices.</b> </p><p>The key benefits include dispute resolution, foolproof track and trace, event management, operational as well as financial transparency, speed to market, visibility, elimination of heavy reliance on intermediary, integration of IoT technology, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. <b><i>Blockchain and</i></b><i><b> the </b></i><b><i>Supply Chain</i></b> highlights how to use blockchain as an enabler and key driver for solutions in the end-to-end supply chain. </p><p><b><i>Blockchain and the Supply Chain</i></b> examines the business case for blockchain, including increased efficiency of transactions. It also covers the broader set of technologies relevant to supply chains, such as IoT, Big Data and Cyber Security basics and the capabilities they offer. The team of authors look at the evolution of the network, systems and finance, as well as basics of blockchain such as peer-to-peer transactions, consensus-based algorithms and smart contracts. The book includes cases which highlight the opportunities within the different nodes of systems, sales and operations planning and provide practical examples from specific supply chains, such as the movement of temperature-controlled goods, dry goods and precious commodities, as well as general cargo flow.</p>

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About the Authors

<b>Nick Vyas</b> serves as the Founding Executive Director of the USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, the Academic Director of the USC Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management program and Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations at USC Marshall. Vyas is also a distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Chair of both the 2026 Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) CHAINge and the 2025 World Trade Week Committee. Vyas provides insights for major media platforms, including Reuters, Bloomberg, Fox News and Business Insider. His notable works include <i>Supply Chain Network Design </i>and <i>Blockchain and the Supply Chain, </i>both published by Kogan Page. He received the prestigious Habilitationsurkunde from E.H.E. Europa Hochschule/EurAKA CH. He is based in Los Angeles, CA.

<p><b>Aljosja Beije</b> is is co-founder of Blocklab. He previously held a number of senior and C-level management positions in IT and SCM, within companies such as Kuehne &amp; Nagel, GE and Nokia. He is also a senior researcher at<Br>the lectorate of Supply Chain Finance at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, The Netherlands and visiting lecturer at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.</p>

<b>Bhaskar Krishnamachari </b>is director of USC Viterbi Center for Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor in the University of Southern California, LA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749484020
• ISBN 13: 9780749484026
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320