How Blockchain Is Changing the Supply Chain Conversation
Applications of blockchain promise to increase transparency and add efficiencies for the food industry, but adoption of these potentially groundbreaking new technologies will have some limitations.
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Paradigm-shifting, disruptive, radical. New technologies always seem to be associated with platitudes and promises of complete industrial transformation, but until they are tested, one never knows whether to believe the hype or not. Blockchain is no exception; it is lauded by some as the most important development in digital technology since the World Wide Web. From major retailers to produce and seafood companies, the zeitgeist of blockchain-enabled traceability has hit the food industry hard. …
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