Making smart manufacturing smarter – a survey on blockchain technology in Industry 4.0. Issue 10 (26th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zuo, Yanjun
• Is Part Of: Enterprise information systems. Volume 15:Issue 10(2021)
• Page Start: 1323
• Page End: 1353
• Publication Date: 2021-11-26
• Subjects: Blockchain -- smart manufacturing -- Industry 4.0 -- security -- industrial internet of things -- supply chain; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Periodicals; 658.4038011
• DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2020.1856425
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-7575

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Blockchain is distributed digital ledger technology that facilitates reliable and transparent transactions among the participants of a system. Blockchain has been applied to various manufacturing applications and helps to create an automatic, decentralised smart manufacturing system with a high level of efficiency and productivity. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on blockchain in Industry 4.0 – applications, architectures, techniques, and research challenges. We propose a blockchain reference architecture for smart manufacturing, which guides our discussions on applying the blockchain technology to various applications of the smart factory and smart supply chain.