CCN: Australia launches blockchain-based supply chain proof of concept
In terms of blockchain adoption for supply chain, other countries seem to be moving further, faster than the US. Thoughts?
NewFood Magazine: How the blockchain can save our food
“It is becoming all too apparent that current food safety and quality management systems are simply not designed to detect, nor sophisticated enough to prevent fraud occurring in our food.”
CoinDesk: Microsoft’s Project Manifest grows to 13 partners
“While Microsoft’s blockchain supply chain group, Project Manifest, is gaining traction with potential partners, the effort to track everything from auto parts to medical devices remains tightly held under non-disclosure agreements.”
AsiaTimes: Alibaba hopes blockchain is the cure for fake food
“If, for example, we imposed a seven-day prison sentence for every fake product sold, the world would look very different both in terms of intellectual property enforcement and food and drug safety…”
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Syed Aman of @_HwyHaul on food loss in the supply chain: these shipments are rejected due to "mainly manual ways of scheduling and routing, lack of visibility," and "cold-chain standards not being met during the days in supply chain."
https://buff.ly/2HU4hFa
Traceability during a recall has been modeled to reduce loss by up to 90%, meaning significant savings in cost and effort. ^pw
https://buff.ly/3fT3Pn7
#tracebacks #foodsafety #foodtraceability
Chief Supply Chain Officer for @GeneralMills John Church on the transforming food industry: "We thought we were in a marathon, and then it turned out we were in an Ironman."
https://www.fastcompany.com/90553877/3-experts-on-how-covid-19-changed-manufacturing-and-supply-chains-around-the-world