Supply Chain Management Using an Industrial Internet of Things Hyperledger Fabric Network

【Author】 Rehan, Muhammad; Javed, Abdul Rehman; Kryvinska, Natalia; Gadekallu, Thippa Reddy; Srivastava, Gautam; Jalil, Zunera

【Source】HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

【影响因子】6.558

【Abstract】Supply chain management (SCM) plays a pivotal role in the industrial life cycle. On-time delivery is necessary for a successful SCM system. To maintain a safe and secure supply of products, mode of transportation and management is equally important. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) eases tracking and tracing of supplies using sensor devices and 5G during the supply chain process. Cold chain and ecologically sensitive products such as vaccines, medical supplies, and food items require a specific temperature to maintain the supplies' genuineness and actuality. A blockchain-based platform (Ethereum) is being used for SCM nowadays. However, it has certain limitations, such as low transaction speed, the requirement for more computation power, and vulnerability to cyberattacks. This research proposes a solution to these problems using a novel approach, named SCMIIOT (supply chain management using industrial Internet of Things). The proposed approach maintains traceability, security, data integrity, transparency, and achieves fast transaction speed. The distributed database system is used to store and transfer transaction ledgers for SCM. In this research, IBM Watson IoT is used as an Internet of Things (IoT) device for input temperature, and the Kubernetes cluster is used as a platform for deploying Hyperledger Fabric. Docker Hub and Hyperledger composer playground provide business network connection for importers, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, and consumers/end-users. We also demonstrate the working and effectiveness of SCMIIOT through experiments. Results show that SCMIIOT takes only 1 minute to copy local files to storage on the cloud and takes 1 minute to create a genesis block. Similarly, it takes 1 minute for a peer-to-peer connection. Also, the worst-case time complexity of SCMIIOT transaction speed is recorded as 48 seconds on the Watson IoT platform.

【Keywords】Supply Chain Management; Blockchain; Industrial Internet of Things; Internet of Things

【发表时间】2023 30-Jan

【收录时间】2023-03-20

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