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NCCoE Publishes New NISTIR to Help Organizations Improve Traceability in Manufacturing Supply Chains

NIST NCCoE

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is pleased to announce the release of NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8419, Blockchain and Related Technologies to Support Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability: Needs and Industry Perspectives.

Abstract

Supply chains are increasingly complex, making the origins of products difficult to discern. Efforts are emerging to increase traceability of goods by exchanging traceability data records using blockchain and related technologies among relevant supply chain participants.

NISTIR 8419 explores the issues that surround traceability, the role that blockchain and related technologies may be able to play to improve traceability, and several industry case studies of efforts in use today.

Scope

The publication covers:

  • existing factors that inhibit manufacturing supply chain traceability
  • analysis of emerging blockchain-enabled manufacturing supply chain traceability initiatives in progress
  • recommendations for future research topics to improve manufacturing supply chain traceability, enabled by blockchain and related technologies

If you have questions, or would like to join the NCCOE Blockchain Project Community of Interest, please email blockchain_nccoe@nist.gov.

View the paper here: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8419