BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES ADOPTION FOR TRACEABILITY IN BRAZILIAN SUPPLY CHAINS
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https://doi.org/10.21728/p2p.2025v11n2e-7318Keywords:
traceability, supply chains, blockchainAbstract
Traceability is an essential feature for effective supply chain management, but its implementation may face challenges such as record integrity and accessibility, which blockchain technology, with its decentralized and immutable structure, promise to overcome, enhancing data security and transparency. Despite the growing number of studies on the use of blockchains in supply chains in recent years, there are still few works that explore their adoption in Brazil. Similarly, the development of solutions tailored to the Brazilian market is limited, with few systems adapted to its specific needs. With this in mind, the present work provides an analysis of the adoption of blockchains in supporting traceability in Brazilian supply chains, addressing both academic research and solutions developed in the country, while drawing a parallel with the blockchain adoption in foreign supply chains. Based on the described analysis, we identified the potential challenges and barriers to the adoption of blockchain technologies in the Brazilian supply chains.
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