VIDEO: How Blockchain can transform the Supply Chains of the future

Blockchain is not a far-off technology. Organizations across numerous industry sectors and locations are using it to create new levels of traceability, sustainability, supply chain collaboration and consumer trust.

Diamonds

De Beers is tracking precious stones - from mine to customer - to tackle the risk of conflict diamonds.

Coffee

Moyee Coffee traces every piece of operational data, from harvest details to supplier payments.

Financial Services

AXA Insurance has created a flight insurance product build around Blockchain that pays out within hours of cancellations.

Shipping

Maersk and IBM’s TradeLens initiative brings ports, customs, freight handlers and inland logistics into a shared network.

Food

Walmart and nine other firms including Nestlé and Unilever are working with IBM on the Food Trust traceability Blockchain project.

Fishing

The Pacific Tuna Project traces the fishing and trading of tuna to protect stocks and create a sustainable industry.

Pharmaceuticals

The Mediledger project is tracking and tracing drug production and distribution, in the fight against counterfeits.

New Frontiers?

NASA has funded a project to create a Blockchain-based computing infrastructure suitable for space exploration.