The firms say the blockchain can improve transparency and prevent failures in global vaccine supply chains.
Companies can replace top-down planning with self-organizing blockchain systems, says our columnist. Think of supply chains orchestrated by smart contracts.
Canadian Pacific – in operation since 1881 – has joined blockchain-based logistics platform TradeLens.
JBS S.A. aims to track all of its cattle suppliers on a blockchain system by 2025.
The VeChain Foundation has become the first blockchain-based entity to join the China Animal Health and Food Safety Alliance (CAFA) and will work with members to trace supply chains in the country.
Ant Financial claims its enterprise blockchain can handle a billion transaction a day and save costs in global shipping.
Bayer China is tapping VeChain to help it track clinical trial drugs along the blockchain.
Tradeshift wants the Danish government to try out a supply-chain relief plan that involves the fintech unicorn's blockchain-based trade finance platform.
IBM, Merck, Walmart and KPMG’s drug-tracing blockchain pilot exceeded the interoperability benchmarks set by the Food and Drug Administration, the group said.
As COVID-19 disrupts global supply chains, the WEF has published a roadmap for businesses to deploy blockchains as a solution.
Reaching the Paris Agreement's lofty climate goals will require the decentralization of decision-making at all levels, say INATBA and others.
The firm organizing Coca-Cola's bottle manufacturing and distribution is scaling up its blockchain pilot after finding early benefits.
The system records the weight and location of the scallops as they are taken from the ocean and tracks them across the supply chain.
Retail giant Target has quietly entered the blockchain space, working with Hyperledger on supply chain solutions.
Swiss food giant Nestle and French retailer Carrefour are now letting consumers access product data via IBM's Food Trust platform.