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Use Case

Supply Chain

One shared record of events for everyone in the supply chain.

Product Tracking Logistics Verification
Scope

This page describes the scope of the technology in use. The status of each product and initiative can be seen on the Ecosystem.

Problem

How things stand today.

Each party in a supply chain keeps its own records, so differences between versions of the data only surface when there is a claim or a shortfall.

Current Challenges

  • Reconciling data between partners takes time.
  • Where a shortfall occurred is hard to pin down.
  • Proof of handover is scattered across separate documents.
  • Audits require collecting data by hand.

Engine Solution

What we build.

Movements of goods are recorded on the Engine Blockchain ledger as a shared reference, so every party reads the same record without having to merge their entire databases.

Blockchain Architecture

The layers behind this use case.

Field data arrives through the application, is verified by a smart contract, and is then recorded permanently on the Engine Blockchain ledger.

  1. 01

    Application Layer

  2. 02

    Wallet & API

  3. 03

    Smart Contract

  4. 04

    Engine Blockchain

  5. 05

    Consensus (pBFT)

  6. 06

    Network (EBC85)

  7. 07

    Data

Workflow

The process from end to end.

  1. 01

    The producer registers a unit or a lot of goods.

  2. 02

    Each handover is recorded by the receiving party.

  3. 03

    Logistics systems connect through a service layer.

  4. 04

    The final recipient checks the history of the goods.

Objectives

What this use case aims for.

The list below sets out the objectives, not results that have been measured.

  • Differences between partners’ records are easier to trace.
  • Incident tracing is based on recorded events.
  • Audits do not wait on manual reconciliation.
  • New partners can join using the same data format.

Contact

Let's build what comes next.

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