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Toward the Application of Blockchain Technology to Enhance Traceability and Information Sharing in the Supply Chain of Textile Supply Chain: Application to the Order-to-Cash Process

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The textile sector is a key contributor to global economic growth. Nevertheless, in the recent years, it has been censured for its nontransparent, non-secured, and non-traceable supply chain. To help overcome these issues, we propose an approach based on decentralized transaction and data management technology that characterize blockchain technology to automatize and control products and supply chain processes. The aim of this paper is to look into the use of blockchain technology in the supply chain of the textile industry, particularly in the order-to-cash (O2C) process, which is one of the company’s most significant procedures. Blockchain technology could be used in the textile industry to provide tamper-proofing history of product supplying, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, and retailing. In addition, this paper will propose the use of the BigchainDB platform to handle the order-to-cash process, allowing for the elimination of third parties and the automatization of some operations.

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  1. Paris 8 University, The National School of Applied Sciences, Paris, France

    Manal Hader

  2. Paris 8 University, Kenitra, Morocco

    Abderrahman El Mhamedi, David Tchoffa & Abdellah Abouabdellah

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Hader, M., El Mhamedi, A., Tchoffa, D., Abouabdellah, A. (2023). Toward the Application of Blockchain Technology to Enhance Traceability and Information Sharing in the Supply Chain of Textile Supply Chain: Application to the Order-to-Cash Process. In: Bouras, A., Khalil, I., Aouni, B. (eds) Blockchain Driven Supply Chains and Enterprise Information Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96154-1_5

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