TY - CHAP
T1 - Applying Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain Technology to Improve Traceability in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
T2 - A Review of the Benefits and Challenges
AU - Shao, Wenqian
AU - Ali, Imran
PY - 2022/6/1
Y1 - 2022/6/1
N2 - The combined application of IoT and blockchain technology help organizations to better track and trace items in the food, manufacturing, and logistics supply chains. Evidence shows that the characteristics of blockchain such as decentralization, distributed ledger, consensus algorithm, data immutability and data security has brought various benefits to supply chains. Specifically, the pharmaceutical supply chain has a high requirement of maintaining medicine quality, trust and traceability across the supply chain. Hence, a thorough review on the topic is necessary to understand the scholarly work in this area. The study uses a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to extract data from Scopus database for the period 2017-2020. Fifty-six articles were reviewed. The descriptive and thematic analysis revealed various insights into themes, methods, benefits, challenges and blockchain architecture in achieving traceability across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
AB - The combined application of IoT and blockchain technology help organizations to better track and trace items in the food, manufacturing, and logistics supply chains. Evidence shows that the characteristics of blockchain such as decentralization, distributed ledger, consensus algorithm, data immutability and data security has brought various benefits to supply chains. Specifically, the pharmaceutical supply chain has a high requirement of maintaining medicine quality, trust and traceability across the supply chain. Hence, a thorough review on the topic is necessary to understand the scholarly work in this area. The study uses a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to extract data from Scopus database for the period 2017-2020. Fifty-six articles were reviewed. The descriptive and thematic analysis revealed various insights into themes, methods, benefits, challenges and blockchain architecture in achieving traceability across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
KW - Pharmaceutical
KW - supply chain
KW - Traceability
KW - IoT
KW - Blockchain Technology
KW - Systematic Literature Review
UR - https://www.igi-global.com/book/multidisciplinary-perspectives-towards-building-digitally/294857
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85161337250&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-6684-5274-5.ch001
DO - 10.4018/978-1-6684-5274-5.ch001
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781668452745
SN - 166845274X
SN - 9781668452752
T3 - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology
SP - 1
EP - 30
BT - Multidisciplinary Perspectives Towards Building a Digitally Competent Society
A2 - Bansal, Sanjeev
A2 - Ahuja, Vandana
A2 - Chaturvedi, Vijit
A2 - Jain, Vinamra
PB - IGI Global Publishing
ER -
