Supply Chain News

Marubeni unveiled blockchain steel pipe tracing tests, multiple exchanges added leverage trading, and more headlined news from Japan this past week.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council and BloomBloc have developed a blockchain-based app that enables users to trace palm oil throughout the entire supply chain.

China Ever­bright Bank, one of the world’s largest public firms, debuted a blockchain-based supply chain finance solution by Ant Financial.

Alibaba’s import e-commerce platform embraces ant blockchain traceability system to make consumer goods transparent and trackable.

A new FDA study shows that blockchain technology can save the pharmaceutical industry $180 million in labor costs by tracking and tracing prescription drugs.

Sita and ULD Care consider using blockchain to save $400M in costs for the air cargo industry.

Canada’s government approves funding of two national companies to start implementing blockchain technology to trace steel.

Multinational telecommunications company Vodafone is exploring blockchain capabilities to improve its supply chain.

Alabama’s Auburn University successfully completed a pilot in partnership with Nike, Macy’s and Kohl’s using Hyperledger to upload supply chain data onto the bl...

An IBM blockchain-based system has been implemented by an Ecuadorian dairy company to enable production processes monitoring.

Major uranium producer Uranium One and DLT startup Insolar have teamed up to explore blockchain’s capabilities in uranium and energy trading.

A Blockchain company in the UK has a new program for Haitian farmers and their crop sales.

MediLedger, a working group comprising 25 major companies operating in the pharmaceutical supply chain has completed a pilot program with the US FDA.

Indonesia’s regulators are cautiously warming to blockchain, with the country’s customs watchdog announcing the use of IBM’s TradeLens blockchain platform.

IBM Food Trust blockchain platform has onboarded the Avril Group seeking to enhance transparency of products’ prevenance and supply chain.