Towards greener logistics : Research and implementation of unified data sharing platform services in multi-organizational environment
Likhachev, Roman (2021)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021110219178
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021110219178
Tiivistelmä
Blockchain can be considered as a database that holds immutable data, works without the need for an intermediary, and provides near-frictionless transfer of information between the network members. The benefits that the technology provides are transparency, security, efficiency, and append-only data. These advantages enable to resolve issues and improve the operations in different industries, and this paper focuses on the logistics industry.
As stated by David Essex (2019), logistics is a process of planning and executing the efficient transportation and storage of goods from origin to destination to meet customer’s requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. There are different levels of service providers, each handling the complexities of the market in the most efficient way and different modes of transportation – road, rail, maritime, air, and multimodal. For the efficient, reliable, and flexible execution of the logistics operations, there is a need for cooperation among various parties, but the lack of a safe, efficient platform pre-vents the cooperation. Moreover, the competitive nature of the sector causes inefficiencies worth billions of dollars annually as the data is not or almost not shared among the parties.
This paper researches and discusses the implementation of blockchain technology in the logistics industry and describes creating a data-sharing ecosystem in a multi-organizational environment.
As stated by David Essex (2019), logistics is a process of planning and executing the efficient transportation and storage of goods from origin to destination to meet customer’s requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. There are different levels of service providers, each handling the complexities of the market in the most efficient way and different modes of transportation – road, rail, maritime, air, and multimodal. For the efficient, reliable, and flexible execution of the logistics operations, there is a need for cooperation among various parties, but the lack of a safe, efficient platform pre-vents the cooperation. Moreover, the competitive nature of the sector causes inefficiencies worth billions of dollars annually as the data is not or almost not shared among the parties.
This paper researches and discusses the implementation of blockchain technology in the logistics industry and describes creating a data-sharing ecosystem in a multi-organizational environment.