Facoltà: Ingegneria Gestionale - classe L-9
Collocazione: 21852
Autore: Tosoratti Matteo
Data: 24/10/2023
Titolo: Implementation of blockchain technologies in Logistics
Relatore: Creazza Alessandro
Autorizzazione per la consultazione: NO
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This paper deals with a detailed and pragmatic analysis of the integration between blockchain and the logistics industry, orienting and providing a framework for derivative implementations, properly called "blockchain-based solutions" (BBSs). The paper opens with an introduction to the technological mechanisms behind blockchain from which the benefits and related issues are drawn. Next, an analysis of the historical evolution of blockchain allows the traceability of the salient features that enable the landing of blockchain in today's industrial world in the form of BBSs. Second, the logistics domain is presented in isolation and concisely, highlighting the trends and complexities involved in the processes, focusing, in particular, on the four areas of logistics: packaging and unit load, warehousing and intra-logistics, transportation and distribution, and supply chain and organization. This subdivision is the basis for the assignment of nine BBSs, first identified through an extensive online search that led to the selection and analysis of more than twenty emblematic case studies, then grouped to obtain the nine solutions. A comprehensive categorization is carried out for each, establishing benefits, pitfalls, maturity, diffusion, and impact. The categorization of the solutions enables the creation and implementation of the conceptual model devised: the "BB Logistics Radar." The latter consists of a radar-shaped visual representation plan, divided into the four areas of logistics and capable of representing each solution according to the three indicators: maturity, diffusion, and impact. This theoretical model allows companies to intuitively navigate to the most appropriate blockchain applications. Moreover, in addition to finding use as a guideline for assessing the feasibility of future application innovations, the radar model is designed with the possibility of being a plug-in of the "Green Logistics Radar" created by LIUC's Green Transition Hub. Through the creation of the radar, a comparative analysis of BBSs is developed, specifically and generally highlighting barriers, drivers, investment sizing, elements of complexity and implementation. The conclusions drawn lead to the confirmation of blockchain classification according to DHL's "The Logistics Trend Radar" and the highlighting of marked interactions especially in certain areas. Finally, future predictions and investment suggestions are made, amplifying the practical usefulness of the discussion.
