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PUBLICATIONS

Blockchain and Related Technologies to Support Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability

Published

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Joshua Lubell, Michael Pease, Evan K. Wallace

Abstract

As supply chains become more complex and the origins of products become harder to discern, efforts are emerging that improve traceability of goods by exchanging traceability data records using blockchain and related technologies. This NIST NCCoE publication explores the issues that surround traceability, the role that blockchain and related technologies may be able to play to improve traceability, and several case studies in use today.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8419
Report Number
8419
NIST Pub Series
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8419
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Keywords

Blockchain, Cyber-physical anchor, Decentralized, Pedigree, Provenance, Supply Chain, Traceability
Manufacturing and Information technology

Citation

Stouffer, K. , Lubell, J. , Pease, M. and Wallace, E. (2022), Blockchain and Related Technologies to Support Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8419, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=934424 (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created April 7, 2022, Updated November 29, 2022
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