Blockchain Technology - Exploration - Industrial Engineering Point of View

What is blockchain technology? - Does it improve productivity?

Industrial engineers have to understand every new technology to assess its productivity improvement potential. The new products may improve productivity of users (customers). New equipment may increase the productivity of the operations of the organizations. New processes may promise increased productivity and reduced costs.

Blockchain increases Digital Trust.

Collection of Articles, Books and Papers on Block Chain Technology and Applications

2018

Hyperledger Fabric

Hyperledger Fabric is a blockchain framework implementation and one of the Hyperledger projects hosted by The Linux Foundation. Intended as a foundation for developing applications or solutions with a modular architecture, Hyperledger Fabric allows components, such as consensus and membership services, to be plug-and-play. Hyperledger Fabric leverages container technology to host smart contracts called “chaincode” that comprise the application logic of the system. Hyperledger Fabric was initially contributed by Digital Asset and IBM, as a result of the first hackathon.
https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/fabric

IBM Started Kit for Blockchain Developers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2018/06/28/ibm-launches-starter-kit-for-blockchain-developers/

Different Smart Contract Platforms
https://blockgeeks.com/guides/different-smart-contract-platforms/






Blockchain Technology To Track Global Food Supply Chain
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2018/07/11/understanding-how-ibm-and-others-use-blockchain-technology-to-track-global-food-supply-chain/


June 2018
Blockchain beyond the hype: What is the strategic business value?
By Brant Carson, Giulio Romanelli, Patricia Walsh, and Askhat Zhumaev
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/blockchain-beyond-the-hype-what-is-the-strategic-business-value


How blockchain will fundamentally change our lives in future
Blockchain has the potential and can be implemented across diverse sectors such as banking, education, and health.
March 09, 2018
https://ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/how-blockchain-will-fundamentally-change-our-lives-in-future/63231323

2016

How blockchains could change the world
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/how-blockchains-could-change-the-world


Updated 14 July 2018,  7 July 2018,  28 May 2018
First published 24 May 2018