Technical University of Denmark, DTU Compute, Lyngby, Denmark.
Technical University of Denmark, DTU Food, Lyngby, Denmark.
J Sci Food Agric. 2021 Apr;101(6):2175-2181. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.10883. Epub 2020 Oct 31.
The expansion of the food industry, within and beyond national borders, has resulted in complex collaborative networks and supply chains. The management culture adopted for food supply chains has an impact on the quality of the end product and the vitality of the businesses involved. In this report, we focus on the use of blockchain technology, and distributed ledgers in general, for managing supply chains in the food and agricultural sectors. We explore the challenges with which typical management systems are faced, such as food safety, food fraud, and inefficient processes, as well as ethical aspects like fair trade, animal welfare, and the environmental impact of food production. The use of blockchain-based systems for managing a supply chain offers significant benefits, such as faster and more reliable traceability. Our analysis, involving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from Denmark, highlights that SMEs could benefit from blockchain-based systems that encourage fair trade and authenticity documentation, expose good practices, and decrease management costs. However, due to a lack of important policies and standards, and due to the limited understanding of the technology itself, its large-scale adoption is at the moment immature. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
食品行业在国内外的扩张，形成了复杂的合作网络和供应链。食品供应链采用的管理文化会影响最终产品的质量和相关企业的活力。在本报告中，我们专注于使用区块链技术和分布式账本来管理食品和农业领域的供应链。我们探讨了典型管理系统所面临的挑战，例如食品安全、食品欺诈和效率低下的流程，以及公平贸易、动物福利和食品生产对环境的影响等道德方面的问题。基于区块链的系统在供应链管理方面具有显著的优势，例如更快、更可靠的可追溯性。我们对来自丹麦的中小企业（SME）的分析表明，中小企业可以从鼓励公平贸易和真实文件记录、揭露良好实践和降低管理成本的基于区块链的系统中受益。然而，由于缺乏重要的政策和标准，以及对技术本身的理解有限，目前其大规模采用还不成熟。 © 2020 英国化学工程师学会。
