APQC and Supply Chain Management Review collected information in March 2019 from 200 supply chain professionals about the use and planned adoption of blockchain in supply chains around the world. Blockchain refers to peer-to-peer distributed ledger technology that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way,
enabling tracking and traceability.
Blockchain refers to peer-to-peer distributed ledger technology that can record transactions between two parties eciently and in a verifiable and permanent way, enabling tracking and traceability.
This quick poll asked supply chain professionals about:
- Familiarity with blockchain
- Current state of blockchain
- Likelihood to invest in the next 2 years
- Benefits of blockchain
- Hurdles to adopting blockchain
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