Blockchain in Supply Chain

SBI invests in blockchain supply chain finance firm RootAnt

March 16, 2021 by Ledger Insights

Today Japan’s SBI Holdings announced it’s investing in Singapore fintech RootAnt Global, taking a 4.85% stake. The startup has a supply chain finance solution that uses R3’s Corda enterprise blockchain. It’s good timing...

Calik, Denim Deal Partners with Aware for Blockchain Technology

March 9, 2021 by Sourcing Journal

Maximizing the denim industry’s use of textile waste in garments is the goal of Denim Deal, the Dutch-based multi-stakeholder initiative to navigate the challenges of circular textiles....

Blockchain technology, used in Bitcoin, aids U.K. vaccine program

March 1, 2021 by Marketplace

Blockchain — the system of decentralizing a database and distributing it across an entire network of computers — brought us Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It’s been used...

Fashion blockchain start-up Retraced raises 1 million euros in seed funding

February 3, 2021 by FashionUnited

German start-up Retraced uses blockchain technology to collect data in the value chain of fashion brands and thus contributes to transparency in the supply chain: While companies...

EY Japan to Fight Counterfeit Sake With Blockchain

March 21, 2020 by Cointelegraph

EY Japan, the Japanese branch of global accountancy firm Ernst & Young, has announced plans to launch a blockchain system for tracking Japanese sake and fruit and...

Coronavirus: How AI, 3D printing and blockchain can help overcome supply problems in a crisis

March 18, 2020 by The Conversation

What seemed like science fiction a few short weeks ago is now very real. Movies such as Outbreak, Contagion and Virus are looking more like documentaries every...

Save Lives With the Blockchain

February 4, 2020 by Medium - Anatole Strum

Blockchain became known primarily through the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. But the technology has much greater potential. One example is the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. There, the blockchain can...

Coca-Cola bottlers adopt SAP blockchain for supply chain

November 5, 2019 by Ledger Insights

Yesterday, Business Insider reported that the bottlers for Coca-Cola have adopted SAP’s blockchain platform. The project hopes to streamline the relationship between the 70 franchised bottling companies...

Blockchain-Based IBM Sterling Adds Advanced Supply Chain Tracking Features

January 14, 2020 by Cointelegraph

The IBM Sterling supply chain platform will now feature additional integrations developed by Salesforce, Publicis Sapient, IBM Services and others, a Jan. 13 press release reads. The additions will...

Supply Chain Security with Blockchain

January 25, 2020 by Business Blockchain HQ

The NotPetya ransomware outbreak in June 2017 left hundreds of companies counting losses and taking significant financial hits.Many of these companies had their global operations severely disrupted which in...