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A Proposed Framework for Improving Supply Chain Management using Block Chain

by Atef Ghalwash, Shimaa Ouf, Marina Wassef
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 183 - Number 50
Year of Publication: 2022
Authors: Atef Ghalwash, Shimaa Ouf, Marina Wassef
10.5120/ijca2022921893

Atef Ghalwash, Shimaa Ouf, Marina Wassef . A Proposed Framework for Improving Supply Chain Management using Block Chain. International Journal of Computer Applications. 183, 50 ( Feb 2022), 22-29. DOI=10.5120/ijca2022921893

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2022921893,
author = { Atef Ghalwash, Shimaa Ouf, Marina Wassef },
title = { A Proposed Framework for Improving Supply Chain Management using Block Chain },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Feb 2022 },
volume = { 183 },
number = { 50 },
month = { Feb },
year = { 2022 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 22-29 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume183/number50/32265-2022921893/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2022921893 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Atef Ghalwash
%A Shimaa Ouf
%A Marina Wassef
%T A Proposed Framework for Improving Supply Chain Management using Block Chain
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 183
%N 50
%P 22-29
%D 2022
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The greater usual way to supply chain has continually been a website that has been introduced on a server the association has to create or be introduced from an association (provider). The supply chain data is circumscribed here, thereforereducing the supplies of data, raising the danger aspects, inflexible system. The orders, updates, transitions, reaching details, and the details of clients, merchants, and makers of natural resources, constructors, and others have to be distributed, particular spotlight on the clarity altercation in medicine history. Electronics for health management these days are a progressing field seeing considerable jump in modern use of science and engineering to improve patient care. Medicine organizations serve huge residents, and nowadays have been seeing their supply chains progressively insecure by evil searching of pharmacy supply chain applying block chain technology. Applying block chain dispersed form decreases the data barring dangers and guarantees clarity and certification of medicine. Block chain technology can successfully make a supply in registering each single advantage during its flow on supply chain; provide in tracking orders, receipts, and bills. The disintegration of this data across the different stages of pharmaceutical supply chain varying from drawing out natural resources, manufacturing, to dispersion will start a more elastic and clear system. In this paper, a proposed supply chain framework via block chain will be introduced. This proposed framework describes the particular elements of block chain that influence supply chain like scalability, accomplishment, consent structure, secrecy considerations, location proof, expense and safety. These traits would in sequence result into a system where data flows rapidly than usual circumscribed way ti supply chain management.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Counterfeiting medicine pharmaceutical supply chain Block chain Traceability Smart contract Distributed ledger Transparent.