Application of blockchain in the field of intelligent manufacturing: Theoretical basis, realistic plights, and developme
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Qiang ZHANG, Baoyu LIAO, Shanlin YANG
Application of blockchain in the field of intelligent manufacturing: Theoretical basis, realistic plights, and development suggestions
© Higher Education Press 2020
Abstract Blockchain technology is considered one of the promising technologies of the information technology era. The core features of blockchain, such as decentralization, transparency, high security, and tamper-proof nature, bring great convenience for large-scale social cooperation and data sharing. Blockchain has a broad application prospect in the field of intelligent manufacturing. The key issues of this field, such as distributed collaborative production, industrial big data sharing and security, transparent logistics, and supply chain, are naturally consistent with the core characteristics of the blockchain technology. This study aims to analyze the application of blockchain in the field of intelligent manufacturing. First, we introduce the basic connotation and applications of blockchain. Then, we propose the theoretical basis for the application of blockchain in the field of intelligent manufacturing. Finally, we point out the realistic plights and provide some suggestions to promote the application of blockchain in the field of intelligent manufacturing. Keywords blockchain technology, intelligent manufacturing, networked collaborative manufacturing, full lifecycle management, manufacturing model innovation*
Received April 20, 2020; accepted August 23, 2020
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Qiang ZHANG, Baoyu LIAO ( ), Shanlin YANG School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-making (Ministry of Education), Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China E-mail: [email protected] The work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71690230, 71690235, and 71501055).
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Introduction
Blockchain is a new technology that is characterized by decentralization, transparency, and high security (Mettler, 2016). The concept of blockchain originated from Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency system, and was introduced by Nakamoto (2008). In essence, blockchain is a shared database, in which the data and information stored have certain features, such as unforgery, traceability, public transparency, and collective maintenance (Wüst and Gervais, 2018). The blockchain technology has established a solid foundation of “trust” on the basis of these features, thus creating a reliable “cooperation” mechanism with a broad application prospect. The blockchain technology is widely used in various fields, such as finance and medical fields. In recent years, many scholars have studied the application of the blockchain technology in intelligent manufacturing fields, such as supply chain (Angrish et al., 2018) and Internet of Things (Bahga and Madisetti, 2016). The blockchain technology plays a key role in data sharing, distributed collaborative manufacturing, and lifecycle management, and has an important influence on t
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