Makerchain: A blockchain with chemical signature for self-organizing process in social manufacturing

Leng, Jiewu; Jiang, Pingyu; Xu, Kailin; Liu, Qiang; Zhao, Jianjun; Bian, Yiyang; Shi, Rui

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.265

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“…An additional potential of blockchain technology for tourism in both countries under study is the use of ManuChain, which is based on blockchain integration into a digital twin for individualized manufacturing on a decentralized network [77] (p. 9), which can result in a new bi-level intelligence technique to achieve a bulk individualization paradigm in a manufacturing workshop. Another possibility is to use MakerChain [78] in the tourism industry. The use of this approach can allow designers from different parts of a country to design products (souvenirs) which will be produced (printed on 3D printers) at tourist locations.…”

Section: Future Of Blockchain In Tourism In Croatia and Macedoniamentioning

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Blockchain in the Tourism Industry—A Review of the Situation in Croatia and Macedonia

2020

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As one of the most interactive economic activities, tourism has improved significantly since the Internet allowed customers (travelers) to look for and create their trips without the need to go to a travel agency. Through the development of Internet marketing, tourists are able to receive information in real-time and view them on the screens of their devices (computers, laptops, mobile phones or tablets), and consequently they can create their own content and share it with others. Due to this development, we are witnessing a new phenomenon, so-called app capitalism, in which companies like Uber and Airbnb make money on services and goods they do not own and finding new business models in the tourism sector which enable customer-to-customer models. To be able to respond to these changes, the tourism industry needs to bring together knowledge, money, and technology for the purpose of creating new business models. The development of technology in all social spheres, including tourism, has provided a strong tool for consumers in terms of both acquiring and disclosing information to others. One of the rapidly growing technologies which is also one of the cutting-edge technologies entering tourism is blockchain. Blockchain technology captured worldwide attention in 2017 and its implementation has been revolutionizing various industries (e.g., retail, healthcare, tourism). The aim of this paper is to analyze the potential of the tourism industry in terms of blockchain implementation. Blockchain technology provides significant benefits to the tourism industry since its implementation can help increase competitive advantage, improve customer satisfaction and enhance performance. In this paper, the authors present the current situation in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia regarding the use of blockchain technology in the tourism industry. The main findings of this paper comprise the detection of key areas regarding why blockchain technology is not implemented in the tourist industry, and what processes should be handled. By presenting a case study of the implementation of blockchain technology in tourism, the authors analyze the potential of using blockchain technology in the tourism industry and discuss topics for further research.

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Section: Future Of Blockchain In Tourism In Croatia and Macedoniamentioning

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Blockchain in the Tourism Industry—A Review of the Situation in Croatia and Macedonia

2020

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“…When it comes to asset traceability, blockchains and related technologies (such as distributed ledgers and smart contracts) also provide added value to data security traceability of smart assets. Some blockchain-based industrial models, such as ManuChain [ 64 ] and Makerchain [ 65 ] have already been proposed to address these very issues.…”

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Reliable Identification Schemes for Asset and Production Tracking in Industry 4.0

Frankó

Vida

Varga

2020

Sensors

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Revolutionizing logistics and supply chain management in smart manufacturing is one of the main goals of the Industry 4.0 movement. Emerging technologies such as autonomous vehicles, Cyber-Physical Systems and digital twins enable highly automated and optimized solutions in these fields to achieve full traceability of individual products. Tracking various assets within shop-floors and the warehouse is a focal point of asset management; its aim is to enhance the efficiency of logistical tasks. Global players implement their own solutions based on the state of the art technologies. Small and medium companies, however, are still skeptic toward identification based tracking methods, because of the lack of low-cost and reliable solutions. This paper presents a novel, working, reliable, low-cost, scalable solution for asset tracking, supporting global asset management for Industry4.0. The solution uses high accuracy indoor positioning—based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radio technology—combined with RFID-based tracking features. Identifying assets is one of the most challenging parts of this work, so this paper focuses on how different identification approaches can be combined to facilitate an efficient and reliable identification scheme.

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“…The related anti-counterfeiting technology has already been proposed but not yet perfected. For example in ''Makerchain: A blockchain with chemical signature for self-organizing process in social manufacturing'' [1] presents an anti-counterfeiting method composed of chemical signature to represent unique features of personalized products,…”

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A Blockchain-Based Application System for Product Anti-Counterfeiting

Lin

Chen

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IEEE Access

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In recent years, blockchain has received increasing attention and numerous applications have emerged from this technology. A renowned Blockchain application is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, that has not only been effectively solving the double-spending problem but also it can confirm the legitimacy of transactional records without relying on a centralized system to do so. Therefore, any application using Blockchain technology as the base architecture ensures that the contents of its data are tamper-proof. This paper uses the decentralized Blockchain technology approach to ensure that consumers do not fully rely on the merchants to determine if products are genuine. We describe a decentralized Blockchain system with products anti-counterfeiting, in that way manufacturers can use this system to provide genuine products without having to manage direct-operated stores, which can significantly reduce the cost of product quality assurance. INDEX TERMS Blockchain, ethereum, counterfeit.

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Makerchain: A blockchain with chemical signature for self-organizing process in social manufacturing

Cited by 187 publications

References 35 publications

Blockchain in the Tourism Industry—A Review of the Situation in Croatia and Macedonia

Blockchain in the Tourism Industry—A Review of the Situation in Croatia and Macedonia

Reliable Identification Schemes for Asset and Production Tracking in Industry 4.0

A Blockchain-Based Application System for Product Anti-Counterfeiting

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