Innovative and Sustainable Logistics : Main Direction of Development

Abstract

The current image of the supply chains appears to be increasingly complex, where multinational business entities compete to gain their share of the market. This chapter estimates the potential of blockchain technology applicability in the sustainable supply-chain-management theory and practice. It introduces the main features of block-chain technology and discusses the possible benefits coming from its implementation by supply chains and how it could revolutionize the current outlook of supply-chain management, based on current literature. The chapter provides a conceptual framework for blockchain-based sustainable supply chains. It focuses specifically on sustainable supply chains and how blockchains could positively impact sustainable practices. It presents a review of various barriers to the adoption of blockchain in sustainable supply chains together with the proposition of several actions to tackle these challenges. The chapter concludes with its theoretical and practical implications as well as the direction toward future development.