Edge-Cloud Blockchain and IoE-Enabled Quality Management Platform for Perishable Supply Chain Logistics

【Author】 Yang, Chen; Lan, Shulin; Zhao, Zhiheng; Zhang, Mengdi; Wu, Wei; Huang, George Q.

【Source】IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL

【影响因子】10.238

【Abstract】In perishable supply chain logistics, even a small departure from the required storage conditions at any distribution link can compromise the quality of transported products, such as food, pharmaceuticals, and other bioproducts, resulting in big losses for the businesses involved or even threats to public health. To enhance quality management (QM) and consumer confidence, an edge-cloud blockchain and Internet of Everything (IoE)-enabled QM platform is proposed to achieve low delay and rapid response for sensor data acquisition, authentication, consistency, and transparency in cold supply chain logistics. Then, we design an adaptive data smoothing and compression (ADSC) mechanism to reduce IoE data size, and analyze and store those data in the edge gateways with limited computation and storage capacity for correctly characterizing logistics operations and transactions. Moreover, to ensure the data integrity during last-mile delivery, the mobile edge gateway is adopted when the goods are temporarily off the communication range of the fixed edge gateway in the truck. Then, we propose a synchronization engine with a formal workflow applied at mobile and fixed edge gateways where data blocks are generated, validated, and synchronized with the cloud. Finally, a real-life case study on vaccine logistics is introduced to verify our proposed approach with results presented.

【Keywords】Blockchains; Supply chains; Quality management; Internet of Things; Logic gates; Temperature sensors; Monitoring; Edge-cloud blockchain; Internet of Everything (IoE); perishable supply chain logistics (SCL); quality management (QM)

【发表时间】2023 15-Feb

【收录时间】2023-05-16

【文献类型】实验仿真

【主题类别】

区块链应用-实体经济-供应链