Use of Blockchain Technologies for Developing Transparent, Efficient, and Resilient Public Sector Supply

Abstract

The wide array of functions performed by a state referred to as public sector is increasingly applying the practices of supply chain management. The public sector has special emphasis on the aspects of transparency, efficiency, and resilience as increased awareness among the citizens is forcing the states to provide better value to the taxpayer money. Use of information and communication technologies has been attributed to improve the visibility and efficiency in public sector. Blockchain technology, being an emerging disruptive technology providing immutable distributed ledgers, has strong theoretical application in public sector. Following a systematic literature review the research establishes that Blockchain technology enables transparency, efficiency, and resilience in the supply chain. As these enablers are key determinant of success in public sector supply chain, therefore existing research on application of blockchain technology in the sector are explored to identify the current standing of the research on the subject and propose future course.