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Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Supply Chain Management! (Or is that 4,000 years?)

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So much work was done with paper to that point, including the management of purchase orders, memos, bills of material, and plans of every sort, and mainframe computers were typically used for larger computational tasks. Further this drove a requirement for delivery logistics, tracking and visibility that was unprecedented.

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What’s the Difference Between Blockchain and Supply Chain?

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Blockchain can be used to provide traceability, end to end connectivity, real time logistics tracking and goods movement, electronic funds transfer, purchase order management, contract management, negotiations support, sharing process information across nodes, and information security and more.