Blockchain and logistics

Victor DOLCEMASCOLO
Dr Hervé PHILIPPE
DGITM / MINT

Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy

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 Table of content

• What is a blockchain ?
• Contribution of the blockchain at the
service of logistics
• Why the blockchain is revolutionary?
• 10 criteria for adopting blockchain

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 what is the blockchain ?

The Blockchain (or chain of blocks) was used initially for the
cryptocurrency (bitcoin) in the 2000s.

The blockchain is a technology for storing and transmitting

information, transparent, secure, operating without a central
control body.

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Contributions of the Blockchain

• Native functionalities (traceability, notarization of exchanges,

authenticity, management of rights via digital signature, monitoring
activity indicators, service resilience)

• Transparency on the processing of requests (eg appointment)

(equal treatment between actors)

• Transparency costs (fixed and variable) via a real cost to

consumption (no overbilling from a trusted third party)

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Why the blockchain is revolutionary?

• More security

• More transparency

• More automation

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Advantages

integrating their ERP applications with

Blockchain platforms
What impact for road transport?

• little application to transport, on-going experiments on a electronic waybill

• The development of Blockchainwill constitute a major development for the road

transport sector.

• Merchandise tracking will be more reliable

• To guarantee the implementation of freight transport, smart contracts will be used.

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10 criteria for adopting blockchain

• Asset exchanges

• Common standard

• Complex value chain

• Guaranteed security

• Guaranteed traceability

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10 criteria for adopting blockchain

• Instantaneous transaction

• Shared solution

• Auditability

• Trust foundation

• Automation of business processes

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Video on blockchain

• https://youtu.be/QDBFqlqPFVM

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