Empowering the Supply Chain with Blockchain

Almost world’s leading companies run hi-tech supply chain management software. From manufacturing equipment to digital shipping bills and RFID scanning, products are tracked online from their initial stages.

Over the past years, supply chain management has benefited immeasurably from technological advancements that have made it faster and easier to transport goods. However, despite these improvements, supply chains continue to face challenges when it comes to tracking goods, ensuring the integrity of goods and holding members of the supply chain accountable for goods, as it transfers from one member in the chain to the next. Blockchain has the chance to reduce these core challenges affecting the supply chains while radically improving efficiencies in supply chain management.

Despite this huge investment in digital infrastructure, many companies have limited visibility and awareness as to where all their products are at any instant.

Supply chains today are fundamentally complex, uniting many players around the world. Many supply chains face challenges that have substantial consequences in terms of cost, speed, and quality. The most critical supply chain challenges are lack of transparency due to unpredictable or even unobtainable data, high amount of manual work, lack of interoperability, and inadequate information on the product’s transportation history. In several situations, Blockchain applications can standout of these inefficiencies and add value.

The Blockchain Advantage

Blockchain engages a distributed ledger technology to create a digital environment in which members can transact without a central authority. Blockchain depends on a peer-to-peer network that uses cryptography to verify identities, approve transactions and create permanent and guaranteed records. Blockchain operates on unanimity and no single member can modify or delete a record in the Blockchain without agreement from the setup.

Blockchain for Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is a standard application for Blockchain. Transparency, reliability, traceability, and ownership, all of which are key challenges for supply chains. They are a part of the design of Blockchain itself and are built in the Blockchains as it is.

Blockchain facilitates visibility into transactions based on a participant's level of approval. In case of a supply chain, Blockchain can provide each member with the ability to see every transaction. Every participant in the Blockchain can view the freight's journey in the supply chain based on the permanent and guaranteed records that are created during its transit.

This level of transparency by Blockchain can be leveraged by supply chains to target fraud, errors, and meddling, and improve efficiency. Blockchains distributed ledger tracks information in real time which allows participants in the Blockchain to obtain information on demand. Blockchain provides proof of quality, identity, time-stamping and location at every touchpoint in the supply chain.

Benefits in a Nutshell

Regardless of the application, Blockchain offers the following advantages:

1. Enhanced Transparency
2. Greater Scalability
3. Better Security
4. Increased Innovation

There is no limit with Blockchains advanced system technology. Interested? There are lots of ways to find out more. Join us for a free webinar on 13th March 2018. For more information on Blockchain visit www.royalcyber.com or email us at info@royalcyber.com.