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Usage of Blockchain in Canadian Supply chains
The robustness of supply chain integrity can be improved through improved organizational collaboration and communication.
Reducing food loss and waste at Bloom Restaurant
The Living Lab team published an article about their efforts to reduce food loss and waste at Conestoga's student-run Bloom Restaurant.
Supply chains: reduce the bullwhip effect and increase visibility
The bullwhip effect is an extreme change in supply availability in a supply chain generated by a small change in demand, and is exacerbated when the supply network is global and contains hundreds of suppliers.
Addressing Canada's Productivity Challenge
Canada’s economy lags behind many other nations in terms of productivity. It is projected that Canada’s productivity
growth rate will be slower than many of its peers over the next thirty years. Addressing Canada’s productivity is a
dynamically complex challenge, impacted by international, national and organizational factors. While governments
hammer out trade agreements, tax and business policy regimes, there is much that individual organizations can and
must do to address productivity improvement.
Usage of Blockchain in Canadian Supply chains
As COVID-19 took hold as a global pandemic, the integrity of supply chains were compromised. The robustness of supply chain integrity can be improved through improved organizational collaboration and communication.
As organizations look to shore up their supply chains, by improving efficiencies and effectiveness, blockchain technologies may be a catalyst for change over the coming years.
This document outlines findings from a survey of Canadian supply chain organizations related to their readiness to adopt blockchain technologies in the fall of 2021.