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Ziling Wu, Xiaohan Liu, Ruiting Zhang
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Javier Godoy, E. López Torres, Juan Pablo Galeotti, Diego Garbervetsky · 5 authors
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Sumathi Gokulanathan
The demand for goods transported by Cargo has existed at all predominant times. A large number of shipments are moved daily based on the demand that exists both in the local and the global market. In the current scenario of cargo shipment, the state of freight is usually monitored throughout the shipment process. This is entirely based on the simple temperature-based regulated storage system called cold-chain. Unfortunately, this temperature-based system does not entirely ensure the preservation of cargo shipments. This paper presents the design of a blockchain-powered Decentralized Application (DApp) to monitor Cargo in heavy goods vehicles. It includes implementing the Ropsten test network, which is integrated with a centralized cloud platform. Moreover, details of a complete evaluation of the architecture in terms of its working functionality were added, and its effectiveness in terms of its performance efficiency and real-time operation. To overcome these limitations, alternative solutions, including adopting Layer-2 scaling solutions such as Polygon or transitioning to Proof of Stake (PoS)-based blockchains for faster and more cost-effective transactions, are recommended. Selective use of Blockchain, where only critical violations are recorded, mitigates the issue of high transaction costs. Routine sensor data is efficiently managed using Google Firestore, ensuring optimal cost efficiency. The system currently relies on Infura for blockchain node access, which introduces external dependencies and potential points of failure. To reduce these risks, the adoption of self-hosted Ethereum nodes is recommended for enhanced control and reliability.
Jinho Cha, Young‐Chul Kim, Junyeol Ryu, Sangjun Park · 6 authors
This study develops a strategic procurement framework integrating blockchain-based smart contracts with bounded demand variability modeled through a truncated normal distribution. While existing research emphasizes the technical feasibility of smart contracts, the operational and economic implications of adoption under moderate uncertainty remain underexplored. We propose a multi-supplier model in which a centralized retailer jointly determines the optimal smart contract adoption intensity and supplier allocation decisions. The formulation endogenizes adoption costs, supplier digital readiness, and inventory penalties to capture realistic trade-offs among efficiency, sustainability, and profitability. Analytical results establish concavity and provide closed-form comparative statics for adoption thresholds and procurement quantities. Extensive numerical experiments demonstrate that moderate demand variability supports partial adoption strategies, whereas excessive investment in digital infrastructure can reduce overall profitability. Dynamic simulations further reveal how adaptive learning and declining implementation costs progressively enhance adoption intensity and supply chain performance. The findings provide theoretical and managerial insights for balancing digital transformation, resilience, and sustainability objectives in smart contract-enabled procurement.
Yu He, Cuiqing Jiang, Junfeng Dong, Yong Ding · 5 authors
This study examines values and adoption conditions of Blockchain Technology (BCT) in horizontal demand forecast sharing among retailer, focusing on the influence mechanism of transparency-restriction approaches and BCT's endogenous effects on firms' sharing incentives. We model a supply chain with one manufacturer and multiple retailers, comparing four BCT-enabled data-sharing regimes: open access (permissionless) versus no-open access (permissioned), with or without encryption. Results show that restricted transparency, combined with selective accessibility, aligns individual and collective incentives by curbing wholesale price inflation and improving forecast accuracy. Contrary to intuition, higher transparency does not universally benefit retailers; supplementary encryption can balance data utility and privacy, enabling Pareto-superior outcomes. We further demonstrate BCT can reduces moral hazards in horizontal sharing (e.g. sharing biased forecast), allowing retailers to leverage aggregated demand signals without inefficiently verification. However, excessive transparency in BCT can accelerates retailers' profit erosion, akin to perfect competition. These findings offer micro-foundations for adopting visibility-restriction technologies (e.g. Zero-Knowledge Proofs) and guide the design of context-specific BCT systems. By reconciling transparency-privacy tensions and demonstrating BCT's endogenous role in forecasting, this study advances strategies for enhancing supply chain resilience through BCT innovation.
Jinli Wang, Hang Zhao, Mengzhuang Liu, Zehui Yuan · 8 authors
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Shayan Firouzian-Haji, SeyedEmran Eshghollahi, Matineh Ziari, Reza Tavakkoli‐Moghaddam · 5 authors
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Sylwia Nowak
Rules of origin are a core element of any free trade agreement, but their complexity can present significant challenges for efficient and compliant use. This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities in automating origin calculations for businesses involved in cross-border trade. It focuses on the role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, customs software and Long-Term Supplier Declarations (LTSDs) in simplifying compliance with preferential origin rules. Focusing on the United Kingdom’s trade, the paper outlines key factors businesses must consider to effectively automate origin management, such as rules interpretation, data quality, legal documentation and supplier cooperation. The potential roles of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and automation within customs declarations software are also explored.
Satoshi Ito, Tatsuya Sato, Takayuki Nagai, Shinsuke Hasegawa · 6 authors
Consortium blockchains (e.g., Hyperledger Fabric) have been adopted for inter-organizational supply chain management, while NFTs have gained attention to represent asset uniqueness and ownership on public blockchains (e.g., Ethereum). Applying NFTs to supply chains offers the potential to track individual products and enable seamless lifecycle management, including consumer engagement. Also, standardized smart contract interfaces for NFTs (e.g., ERC721) promote interoperability across blockchain services. However, traditional NFTs are limited to single-asset representation and lack features needed for enterprise use, such as support for composite products, access control, and efficient ledger storage. Recognizing the potential of ERC-7401 (nested NFTs) for enabling hierarchical NFT structures, this study investigates its application to traceability in consortium-based supply chains. We designed a nested NFT framework on Hyperledger Fabric, incorporating attribute-based access control and block size reduction mechanisms through transient arguments and batch processing. We implemented a prototype on Hyperledger Fabric that integrates block size reduction and access control mechanisms into Nested NFTs. Through design and implementation, we demonstrated the feasibility of this approach for complex supply chain management.
Marc Hübschke, Eugen Buss, Elmar Holschbach, Stefan Lier
Abstract Research on blockchain technology in supply chain management has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential to address critical challenges such as transparency, traceability, and operational efficiency. Despite this interest, the relationship between blockchain implementation and its measurable success has not been thoroughly investigated. This study conducts a systematic literature review of 46 peer-reviewed papers published between 2008 and 2024, synthesizing current research on how blockchain performance is assessed within supply chains. By categorizing the findings across key success factors, research methodologies, and performance indicators, this study provides a structured understanding of blockchain’s role in SCM. Emerging from our review, we develop a dynamic evaluation framework that systematically integrates use cases, objectives, input criteria, research methodologies, and expected outcomes, illustrating their interdependencies. This framework demonstrates blockchain’s capacity to enhance supply chain performance through improved transparency, enhanced traceability, and strengthened sustainability practices. Furthermore, it provides a structured approach to assessing blockchain’s long-term viability, emphasizing its iterative nature, which allows organizations to refine and adapt their implementations in response to evolving business and regulatory landscapes. Our findings underscore the cross-industry applicability of blockchain technology, spanning various sectors and bridging both operational and strategic objectives. However, the analysis reveals significant research gaps, particularly in empirical studies validating blockchain’s long-term impact on supply chain resilience, sustainability, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Additionally, inconsistencies in performance measurement approaches hinder the comparability of findings across studies. Addressing these gaps through future research will be essential to fully unlocking blockchain’s transformative potential in SCM and ensuring its effective integration into global supply chain ecosystems.
YuChuan Bao, Nasyra Ab. Jamil, Hao Ma, Taoyu Chen · 5 authors
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a blockchain-enabled game-theoretic framework that addresses information asymmetry in Supply Chain Finance (SCF). The study aims to model strategic interactions among SCF participants and assess the impact of blockchain adoption on equitable benefit allocation and risk reduction.Methodology: This research adopts a decentralized Stackelberg game model combined with Shapley value allocation to represent the hierarchical and cooperative interactions among suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers. The model incorporates blockchain costs into payoff functions and uses replicator dynamics to simulate the strategic evolution of stakeholders under varying levels of information-sharing uncertainty.Findings: Simulation results demonstrate that blockchain implementation significantly improves supply chain performance, even when information-sharing efficiency is as low as 30%. Compared to traditional systems, blockchain-enabled frameworks yield higher payoffs, enhanced transparency, and more stable strategic equilibrium. As information-sharing efficiency increases to 50%, the marginal gains in system-wide utility and strategic stability are amplified, confirming the robustness and scalability of blockchain integration under various cost scenarios.Originality/Value: This study advances the literature by integrating blockchain technology with Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT) and Shapley value allocation in an SCF framework. The proposed model quantitatively assesses strategic behavior under information asymmetry, incorporating blockchain costs into replicator dynamics and payoff functions. The analysis offers novel insights into risk mitigation, policy design, and equitable profit distribution, providing practical guidance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), financial institutions, and regulators in adopting blockchain-enabled SCF systems.
Abhirup Khanna, Sapna Jain, Anushree Sah, Sarishma Dangi · 8 authors
The cold-chain supply of perishable fruits continues to face challenges such as fuel wastage, fragmented stakeholder coordination, and limited real-time adaptability. Traditional solutions, based on static routing and centralized control, fall short in addressing the dynamic, distributed, and secure demands of modern food supply chains. This study presents a novel end-to-end architecture that integrates multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), blockchain technology, and generative artificial intelligence. The system features large language model (LLM)-mediated negotiation for inter-enterprise coordination, Pareto-based reward optimization balancing spoilage, energy consumption, delivery time, and climate and emission impact. Smart contracts and Non-Fungible Token (NFT)-based traceability are deployed over a private Ethereum blockchain to ensure compliance, trust, and decentralized governance. Modular agents-trained using centralized training with decentralized execution (CTDE)-handle routing, temperature regulation, spoilage prediction, inventory, and delivery scheduling. Generative AI simulates demand variability and disruption scenarios to strengthen resilient infrastructure. Experiments demonstrate up to 50% reduction in spoilage, 35% energy savings, and 25% lower emissions. The system also cuts travel time by 30% and improves delivery reliability and fruit quality. This work offers a scalable, intelligent, and sustainable supply chain framework, especially suitable for resource-constrained or intermittently connected environments, laying the foundation for future-ready food logistics systems.
Jialu Ji, Mingjun Ji, Shengzhong Ji, Lingrui Kong
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Alisha Roushan, Amrit Das, Anirban Dutta, Uttam Kumar Bera
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Praveen Vijaya Raj Pushpa Raj, Vadivel S. M
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L. K. Bang, P. H. T. Trung, N. Ð. P. Trong, K. T. N. Ngan
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Shilpy, A. Senthil Kumar
This research aims to investigate financing decisions of capital-constrained small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) manufacturers and distributors under a Green Supply Chain (GSC) framework. By evaluating the impact of Supply Chain Finance (SCF) instruments, this study utilizes Stackelberg game model to explore a decentralized decision-making system. To our knowledge, this investigation represents the first exploration of game models that uniquely compares financing through trade credit, where the manufacturer offers zero-interest credit without discounts with reverse factoring, while also considering distributor’s efforts on sustainable marketing under the impact of supportive government policies. Our study suggests that manufacturers should adopt reverse factoring for optimal profits and actively participate in distributors’ financing decisions to address inefficiencies in decentralized systems. Furthermore, the distributor’s demand quantity, profits and sustainable marketing efforts show significant increase under reverse factoring, aided by favorable policies. Finally, the results are validated through Python 3.8.8 simulations in the Anaconda distribution, offering meaningful insights for policymakers and supply chain managers.
Kaiying Cao, Suqin Sun
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Fabrice Lumineau, Guangzhi Shang, Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, Gerry Tsoukalas · 6 authors
Blockchain technology, underpinned by distributed ledger systems, has evolved from a novel innovation into a transformative and integral component of enterprise digitization across industries. Since its inception with Bitcoin in 2008, blockchain has expanded beyond cryptocurrencies, with applications in operations management (OM) growing rapidly across industries. Despite its promise, however, the integration of blockchain into OM is not without challenges. Scholars have identified significant barriers to successful implementation, ranging from technological and organizational hurdles to regulatory complexities (Chod et al. 2020; Hanisch et al. 2025; Lin et al. 2022; Lumineau et al. 2021; Sodhi et al. 2022; Zhan et al. 2025). This Special Issue on Operational Perspectives on Blockchain Applications presents cutting-edge research that explores blockchain's opportunities, challenges, and implications for OM. The articles in this issue provide a diverse and empirically grounded examination of blockchain applications across industries and operational contexts. We will discuss each contribution in turn. However, prior to that, it is useful to dig into the operational nuances, opportunities, and challenges presented by the focal context. Our editorial discussion opens accordingly, outlining the technological, organizational, and regulatory challenges while identifying the conditions under which blockchain can deliver value. We also touch on the broader societal implications of blockchain, addressing its political, economic, social, environmental, and legal dimensions before describing how each of the papers in the special issue contributes to understanding, critical to operations management. Finally, our editorial discussion concludes by charting a research agenda, highlighting key questions and interdisciplinary approaches needed to advance both theoretical and practical understanding of blockchain in OM. Working processes need to be discovered, described, and understood before they can be improved, controlled, and prescribed. Quite a bit of work is needed merely to describe some of the important activities, practices, processes, and operating systems utilized in diverse organizations. Only then can we begin to sink our teeth into developing better theories about how best to manage them. For this purpose, Ilk et al. (2021) conceptualize the Bitcoin blockchain (and other mainstream permissionless blockchains) as a two-side dataspace market, where users demand a certain amount of dataspace in a future block to store their transactions, and miners compete to produce such dataspace by creating new blocks. To facilitate this market in a decentralized manner—that is, with no centralized party absorbing demand and controlling supply—users attach a transaction fee (which is higher for users with a higher waiting cost) that becomes one of the miners' sources of revenue. With the increasing popularity1 of Bitcoin and Ethereum, demand frequently exceeds supply, creating contemporaneous system congestions. The congested service pricing literature, which dates back to the management of highway tolls (Naor 1969) and electric power supply (Viswanathan and Edison 1989) and extends in modern days to subscription pricing of cloud services (Cachon and Feldman 2011) and surge pricing of gig economy platforms (Cachon et al. 2017), yields a generalized conclusion. Specifically, “offering multiple service grades that each render a different delay distribution at a different price” improves both perceived customer satisfaction and service provider profit (Van Mieghem 2000, 1249). Permissionless blockchains, as congested service systems, are no exception to this rule. Although no centralized party (i.e., firm or platform) sets the priority price menu, users bid transaction fees to differentiate the service grades (i.e., transaction confirmation speeds) they desire. More details on the process view of permissionless blockchain transactions can be found in Shang et al. (2023, 106–108). Although early Ethereum-based smart contract applications were rarely associated with OM or any other real-world assets, their ingenuity inspired a whole class of permissioned blockchains (also referred to as private or consortium chains), in which only an authorized group of users can participate, setting the stage for enterprise applications (Fan et al. 2024; Pun et al. 2021). While blockchain offers considerable potential, its successful implementation is hindered by technological, organizational, and regulatory barriers. Below, we highlight seven of the most critical challenges to blockchain implementation discussed in the press and in the literature. Low throughput and high transaction fees. The primary reason that mainstream cryptocurrency systems cannot be used for day-to-day payment is their throughput limits: 3 per second for Bitcoin and 13 per second for Ethereum.2 This limitation is in sharp contrast with the processing capacity of established financial systems like Visa, which is capable of handling approximately 5000 transactions per second (Malik et al. 2022). Such scalability limits are largely inevitable for permissionless blockchains that aim to ensure decentralization and security, widely known as the “blockchain trilemma” in the industry.3 The throughput limit results in a frequently congested service system with transaction fee spikes (Ilk et al. 2021; Shang et al. 2023), which has been 2.87 USD per transaction for Bitcoin in 2020. This hinders the economic viability of small value transactions even in situations where network latency is less of a concern (e.g., users with high waiting tolerance). Meanwhile, permissioned blockchains typically do not face throughput limits, as dataspace suppliers are usually the blockchain owners and hence do not have to be incentivized via instruments such as transaction fees. However, due to the lack of public visibility and the corporate ownership of these blockchains, this solution is unlikely to be suitable for all applications. Algorithm fairness. Advocates of permissionless blockchains often highlight their morally significant goal of improving access to money transfer services for unbanked and underbanked populations (Andreasson 2022). Importantly, much of the wealth on permissionless blockchains is created through mining/staking revenue—that is, through participation on the supply side—and small users typically cannot meet the entrance threshold for this revenue stream. Further, while large senders can develop sophisticated algorithms to estimate the desired transaction fee more accurately, small senders typically rely on the free-to-use fee recommendation tools crypto wallets provide. Encouragingly, this disparity is somewhat alleviated by new transaction fee mechanism designs (Zhao, Wu, et al. 2025). Decentralization–efficiency tradeoff. The management of a cryptocurrency system is typically maintained by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). A DAO's daily operational tasks include the development of, voting on, and execution of crowdsourced proposals (Zhao et al. 2022). Yet, not all project decisions are strategic enough to warrant crowdsourcing of ideas from stakeholders, and the inefficiency of doing so affects operational agility and the quality of service provided by the DAO. Further, while decentralization can improve service levels for users and providers, it reduces profits for founders, reflecting a broader tension between decentralization and efficiency (Gan et al. 2023). Governance frictions are compounded by token-weighted voting, where those holding more tokens have greater influence, creating a mismatch between token ownership and subject expertise (Benhaim et al. 2023, 2025; Tsoukalas and Falk 2020). Cross-chain interoperability. A successful blockchain application often requires coordination of activities across multiple chains. This is especially true for enterprise applications, where material flow needs to be traced on a permissioned blockchain (for obvious business confidentiality reasons) and payment of goods should preferably happen on a permissionless blockchain. In general, the lack of universal standards creates a fragmented landscape in which disparate blockchain platforms are developed in isolation. This technical challenge of interoperability is further complicated by the need to integrate blockchain with legacy systems, which typically lack the flexibility to accommodate cryptographic protocols and distributed data synchronization (Babich and Hilary 2019). Standardization of input data. Many of the cargo tracking and supply chain traceability blockchain applications assume the existence of a data on-ramp that is accessible to and standardized across participants. This is far from reality. As Fan et al. (2024, 3) put it, “a small supplier, say, in India or China, is unlikely to have the resources or expertise to set up an arrangement to access blockchain.” Even if such access is set up by a large participant of the permissioned blockchain, such as a superstore retailer, the input data from thousands of small suppliers across the world might not be properly digitized and standardized. Both the invasive and non-invasive approaches to bridging the physical–digital interface in blockchain applications have merits and drawbacks (Klöckner et al. 2023). Buy-in from partner organizations. Lin et al. (2022) highlight buy-in from partners along with information complexity as two important drivers that determine the success of blockchain pilots in real life. They stress the importance of reducing information complexity as well as increasing buy-in among supply chain partners. Critically, the cost and hassle of implementation are borne by all organizations that the cargo passes through, including port authorities, customs agencies, shipment forwarders, trucking companies, and so on. Some of these organizations lack the basic incentive to even digitize their paperwork, let alone upload information onto a blockchain owned by another company. Regulatory uncertainty. Regulatory challenges present another significant barrier to blockchain adoption in OM. The regulatory framework for blockchain is still in a nascent stage, with many jurisdictions lacking clear guidelines regarding its use, especially in non-financial contexts such as OM (Wagner et al. 2025). The cross-border nature of many supply chains makes it even more challenging to reconcile diverse regulatory environments; thereby complicating large-scale implementations (Wamba and Queiroz 2020). In summary, blockchain presents a range of unique characteristics, implementation challenges, and potential transformative impacts. Figure 1 captures many of these, as well as presenting new opportunities to apply common theoretical lenses used by researchers to understand this new technology, including Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), Principal Agent Theory (PAT), and Resource-Based View (RBV). These features are pushing the OM community to consider additional theoretical arguments regarding blockchain-related operational dynamics so as to more comprehensively understand, anticipate, and ultimately contribute to practice and scholarship in this domain. More specifically, traditional theoretical frameworks commonly applied in OM, such as transaction cost economics, principal–agent theory, and the resource-based view, have proven effective for analyzing centralized systems where information is controlled and trust is built through well-established interorganizational relationships. However, blockchain disrupts these conventional relationships by enabling peer-to-peer interactions governed not by a central authority but by cryptographic mechanisms and consensus protocols. For instance, the immutability of recorded transactions and the inherent decentralization of blockchain networks modify the traditional calculus of trust and coordination costs. These features create “trustless” environments where the need for intermediaries is significantly reduced. This shift calls into question the applicability of many preexisting theoretical models that assume reliance on centralized control and interpersonal trust (Lumineau et al. 2023). Given these fundamental differences, one promising direction for future research is to expand network theory and social capital theory in OM by integrating the notion of distributed trust. Whereas social capital theory has been used to explain performance improvements arising from strengthened interorganizational relationships (Saberi et al. 2019), blockchain technology challenges these premises by redistributing trust across the network without necessarily relying on strong personal or organizational ties (Lumineau et al. 2023). Similarly, although transaction cost theory provides insight into how blockchain can lower the costs of verification and contracting by obviating the need for costly intermediaries, the theory does not fully account for the dynamic interplays that arise when trust is engineered digitally and contractual obligations are embedded in smart contracts (Halaburda et al. 2024). As Babich and Hilary (2019) note, new theoretical models need to capture not only the cost-saving benefits of disintermediation but also the potential trade-offs in terms of data insecurity and operational inflexibility. There is also a growing recognition that hybrid frameworks, which merge elements of institutional theory and network governance with emerging blockchain paradigms, may be necessary to understand new organizational forms like DAOs (Zhao et al. 2022). The need for novel theoretical frameworks is particularly critical when considering the impact of blockchain on various stakeholders within the OM ecosystem. Traditional models generally emphasize dyadic relationships between buyers and suppliers, but blockchain enables multi-stakeholder environments in which data transparency, provenance, and auditability permeate complex, global supply networks. For example, Chod et al. (2020) show how blockchain can improve financing in agricultural supply chains by enabling farmers to use harvest inventory as loan collateral. Using multi-signature setups tied to an immutable blockchain, transactions require confirmation from both humans (e.g., lenders or warehouse operators) and automated systems (e.g., IoT sensors). This approach allows for real-time verification of collateral, reduces information asymmetry, and unlocks capital, particularly in settings prone to fraud. Together, the articles in this Special Issue make a multifaceted contribution to OM, demonstrating the impact of blockchain technology in various operational forms on strategic decision-making, worker participation, competitive and network dynamics, and intellectual property protection across different sectors. These studies use robust empirical methods and diverse theoretical frameworks to offer novel insights into the role of blockchain in OM. Some of the studies use qualitative methods for developing theory concerning conditions for successful and failed blockchain adoption. Zhan et al. (2025) develop theory through an inductive, multi-case research design revealing the influence of founder power on blockchain adoption. Meanwhile, Hanisch et al. (2025) use an in-depth, longitudinal case study to explore the centralization–decentralization paradox of a group of studies or designs at the of or a and et al. 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Alfred Kuhlman, Arya Wicaksana
Efficient smart contract implementation affects gas fees required for deployment and invocation, contributing to the usability and sustainability of blockchain applications that rely on smart contracts. Optimizing smart contract codes is crucial to curb the continued rise of costs related to deploying and invocating smart contracts. This work proposes an extended version of static smart contract optimizer to reduce unnecessary gas fees caused by inefficient smart contract code implementation. Thirty open-licensed Ethereum smart contract codes in the Solidity programming language are included for optimization using the proposed static optimizer. The results show a decrease of 11,447 gas for deployment and 25 for invocation. Additional optimization using the Solidity compiler optimizer reveals a further gas reduction of 9,331 for deployment. Although there was a slight gas increase of 23 during invocation. These findings demonstrate the contribution of the proposed static optimizer in optimizing code implementation for Solidity smart contracts in terms of deployment and invocation. In addition to the gas reductions, the functionalities of the optimized smart contracts remain the same.
Li Zhao, Yongqiang Sun
The shipping market involves multiple stakeholders, including cargo owners, shipping companies, and maritime authorities. To prevent issues such as information concealment and privacy breaches, these stakeholders often establish complex and multi-layered data exchange processes, which significantly reduce the operational efficiency of the shipping market. Decentralized blockchain technology can prevent data tampering, thereby establishing an effective consensus mechanism among multiple parties. This paper first summarizes the application scenarios of blockchain technology in the shipping market, including supply chain management, smart contracts, port management, crew management, marine insurance, and environmental protection. Subsequently, using real-world cases such as TradeLens, CargoX, COSCO SHIPPING Hi ECO, and Insurwave, the advantages of blockchain technology in enhancing shipping efficiency and reducing costs are elaborated. Finally, the challenges of applying blockchain technology in the shipping market, from both technical and regulatory perspectives, are outlined.
Hamed Nozari, Shereen Nassar, Agnieszka Szmelter-Jarosz
Managing finances in a supply chain today is not as straightforward as it once was. The world is constantly shifting—markets fluctuate, risks emerge unexpectedly—and companies are continually trying to stay one step ahead. In all this, financial resilience has become more than just a strategy. It is a survival skill. In our research, we examined how newer technologies (such as blockchain and the Internet of Things) can make a difference. The idea was not to reinvent the wheel but to see if these tools could actually make financing more transparent, reduce some of the friction, and maybe even help companies breathe a little easier when it comes to liquidity. We employed two optimization methods (Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) and Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO)) to achieve a balanced outcome. The goal was lower financing costs, better liquidity, and stronger resilience. Blockchain did not just record transactions—it seemed to build trust. Meanwhile, the Internet of Things (IoT) provided companies with a clearer picture of what is happening in real-time, making financial outcomes a bit less of a guessing game. However, it gives financial managers a better chance at planning and not getting caught off guard when the economy takes a turn.
P. Bhuvaneshwari, Harold Robinson, M. Lakshmi
The pharmaceutical supply chain has a critical component, the Drug Traceability System, which tracks drugs from manufacturers for further processing and distribution. The integration of blockchain technology yields a secure solution for monitoring drugs throughout the supply chain management process. The paper proposes a novel Blockchain-enabled Secured Vertical Aggregation Algorithm (BSVA) by leveraging the Hyperledger model. The proposed model minimizes the requirement for a centralized authority to ensure privacy while also enhancing scalability to reduce response time in the process of managing transactions on the Blockchain. The Certificate Authority is used to maintain a secure data-sharing process. The robust aggregation is used for the local models to process the chain code, ensuring the successful execution of the secured transaction. The smart contract is deployed into a blockchain model as the block is stored and linked to the distributed Ledger. The decentralized framework is used by chain code, which guarantees that transactions are highly transparency. The performance parameters demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed model by enhancing the overall performance of the drug traceability system, as the proposed algorithm ensures the integrity of pharmaceutical products throughout the supply chain.
Haotian Xie, Yung Po Tsang
No abstract is available for this record.