This document discusses challenges in global supply chain management and opportunities for blockchain technology to address them. It summarizes the key challenges as lack of traceability across complex supply chains, difficulty resolving disputes between parties, and ensuring cargo integrity and security. The document then provides an overview of how blockchain and smart contracts could improve transparency, digitization, and security in supply chains to help address these challenges. It presents examples of pilot initiatives applying blockchain in supply chains and discusses implications for customs agencies. Finally, it outlines challenges to widespread adoption and identifies areas for future research.

Blockchain in Global Supply Chains and Cross Border Trade: A Critical Synthesis of The State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Opportunities PDF

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