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Hyperledger Supply Chain & Logistics Special Interest Group
Welcome! This is the Supply Chain & Logistics -SIG at Hyperledger. We're a global community interested in leveraging blockchain technology for enhancing track & trace for global supply chains and pinpointing logistics to help accelerate trade.
The goal of this group is to work together to identify use cases, opportunities, share feedback and lessons learned, and best practice. Following is a brief introduction to what the charter of this group is.
Introduction and Scope
Introduction
Blockchain holds great promise for the supply chain industry. The distributed ledger of blockchain could greatly enhance collaboration among shippers, carriers and forwarders as well as producers and manufacturers. With blockchain transactions could be verified, recorded and coordinated autonomously without third parties. This holds the promise of eliminating a layer of complexity and introducing opportunities for reliable provenance tracking in the supply chain Blockchain also holds the promise of cutting through the delays caused by “paper-based” documents being sent back and forth by post, email and fax.
However, since blockchain technology is still not widely adopted, there are many challenges to overcome before it can be successfully deployed at scale in the logistics industry. According to DHL’s research, “Likely the biggest challenge will be achieving successful industry adoption through collaboration and even co-opetition between diverse supply chain stakeholders that have legacy processes and varying interests.”
A Hyperledger Supply Chain SIG could help overcome these challenges and propose a way forward that is neutrally based, using the Hyperledger open-source blockchain framework. With blockchain, there is an opportunity to create a level of trust that enables multiple trading partners to collaborate more easily.
Why Blockchain for supply chain and logistics tracking
For supply chain and logistics tracking, blockchain technology offers some unique differentiators:
Scope
The activities of the Supply Chain & Logistics -Chain SIG will include:
Identifying related reference architectures (for example business and integration architecture, technical and infrastructure architecture), frameworks such as Hyperledger Grid, and models (OSI), use cases, current pilots and proofs of concept, and production case studies;
Sharing stories of successes, failures, opportunities and challenges;
Exploring and addressing cross-cutting architectural principles, options and decisions like performance and scalability, security, identity management and privacy, and identity in logistic contexts;
Identifying existing or needed common critical software, middleware, and hardware components that would serve the particular needs of supply chain.
Working towards proposing solutions to the problems identified;
Identifying conferences or other opportunities to connect face to face, as well as submit talks or present as a group at an event.Identifying the business community and building an inclusive platform for early adopters to contribute with their experiences.
Identifying all different protocols across supply chain to build a standardization across the different parties and efforts.
Supply Chain best practices, awareness of and working in accordance with such rules as customs & import export regulations
Here is the complete scope and charter of this group: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/x/mwBi
Here are the Quarterly Reports for the SIG to track progress since inception.
| Name | Contact | |
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| SIG Chair | Tom Klein | tkklein@businessblock.co |
| SIG Vice-Chair | Erik Valiquette | erik@cbsca. |
Getting Started
- Join and introduce yourself on the mailing list, chat, and regular meetings (see links right below).
- Review our Charter and Work Documents (see below) to see which group activity interests you and where you can contribute–any involvement is appreciated!
- Share and propose your ideas with the group on what you would like to work on
- Do a presentation to the group on your blockchain project! Share your results, impact, and lessons learned. We'd love to learn from you.
- Help us with regular tasks: take meeting notes, upload presentations, update wiki pages, develop meeting agenda. Reach out to Marta Piekarska if interested!
- This group is community-driven and you will get the most out of it the more you put in, although passive participation is totally fine too!
Group Updates
Communication Channels
These are the mechanisms that this working group uses to communicate.
Mailing List
supply-chain-sig@lists.hyperledger.org.
Chat Channel
https://chat.hyperledger.org/channel/supply-chain-sig
Meetings
ALL MEMBERS: Simply download and click on this meeting invitation file to add recurring invite to your calendars.
This special interest group will meet online via a Zoom Meeting.
Dial in details
Meeting ID: 518 494 7650
+1 669 900 6833
US (San Jose)
+1 646 558 8656
US (New York)
855 880 1246
US Toll-free
877 369 0926
US Toll-free
+16699006833,,5184947650#
US (San Jose)
+16465588656,,5184947650#
US (New York)
Meeting Agendas
First Meeting:
Thursday, May 23rd, 9am PST
- Introductions
- Let’s help the industry to adopt Supply Chain & Logistics best practices for Blockchain
- Feedback from our members on topics for discussion
Meeting Notes & Recordings
Activity of the Group
Links to Ongoing Work
Links to Completed Work
Links to External Resources
Active Members
The following individuals have already expressed an interest in joining this SIG, and we hope they will become contributors over the first year.
Joshua Q. Satten, Senior Director - Blockchain Partner North America
Jay Chugh, Sr. Director, Oracle Emerging Technologies
Stephen J Rogers - VP of Blockchain Initiatives for Supply Chain - IBM Industry Platforms,
Beverly Macy, LA Blockchain Lab, UCLA Anderson
Evelyn Mei, Product Strategy Manager, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud
Dominic Regan, Senior Director EMEA - Logistics, Oracle
Zelda Leung, Everledger
Ricardo Garcia
Allan Gulley, Senior Manager - Blockchain Strategy
Hitarshi Meenketu Buch, Blockchain Lead Technical Architect
Jai Suri, Sr. Director Product Management,
Wipro Limited
Oracle
IBM
LA Blockchain Lab
Oracle
Oracle
Everledger
ScanTrust SA
Auburn University RFID Lab
Wipro Limited
Oracle
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