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Methodological Approach to the Definition of a Blockchain System for the Food Industry Supply Chain Traceability

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel methodology to integrate the Blockchain technology in the food industry supply chain to allow traceability along the process and provide the ultimate customer with enough information about the origin of the product to make an informed purchase decision. This methodology gathers the best practices in marketing, process engineering and the technology itself, alongside with the authors’ experience during its application in the organic coffee industry in the Colombian market. The Authors extracted the best out of the best practices and made it simple for anyone interested in its uses and application. The result is a simple and easy methodology that suits any product, supply chain, and required system configurations; due to its versatility and adaptability.

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Notes

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    Nielsen Global Survey on Health and Wellness. 3rd semester of 2014.

  2. 2.

    Definition taken from Cambridge Dictionary.

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    Is a Blockchain platform that is public and has a programmable transaction functionality [16].

  4. 4.

    Are applications that run on a P2P network of computers rather than a single computer (blockchainhub.net, n.d.).

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    It is like the username and passwords that most people use as identifiers in any other application.

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    An interface to a software component that can be invoked at a distance over a communications network using standards-based technologies [39].

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    Rafael Bettín-Díaz, Alix E. Rojas & Camilo Mejía-Moncayo

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Bettín-Díaz, R., Rojas, A.E., Mejía-Moncayo, C. (2018). Methodological Approach to the Definition of a Blockchain System for the Food Industry Supply Chain Traceability. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2018. ICCSA 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10961. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95165-2_2

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