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Table 2.

Summary of pilot projects and initiatives for implementing BCT

Drivers of BCT’s deployment	base	Case description	Source
To achieve end-to-end supply chain (SC) visibility, increase trust and digitalise global trade documents and processes	IBM–Maersk	Nearly 100 stakeholders involved in global trade have registered on the BC platform TradeLens jointly initiated by IBM and Maersk that promises to reduce fraud and administrative costs while improving the traceability and efficiency of cargo transport	Maersk (2019)
To increase food safety and improve transparency and traceability	IBM and consumer products and food businesses	To increase the traceability and safety of food products, Walmart and Carrefour have joined the IBM Food Trust solution built on IBM’s BC platform, which various other retailers, suppliers and growers of such products (e.g. Dole Food Company, Driscoll’s, Kroger, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Unilever, Wakefern Food Corporation and Topco) have also begun using	Galvin (2019)
To increase authenticity and ensure the provenance of products	Provenance	Provenance, a UK-based company offering BC-enabled solutions, offers the tracking and tracing of products for more than 200 retailers and producers in various industries, including food, beverages and fashion	Provenance (2019)
To track the origin, authenticity, quality and ownership of luxury products	Everledger	UK-based Everledger’s BC solution aims to track and trace the authenticated origin of various high-value products (e.g. diamonds, art, rare wines and luxury goods) and detect fraud in their sale and purchase	Everledger (2020)
To replace paper-based documentation with smart contracts	BP–Royal Dutch Shell	A consortium of companies, including energy giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell, have developed VAKT, a global BC-based digital platform for energy-commodity trading that is expected to reduce trading errors and cut costs	VAKT (2020)
To deliver enhanced transparency in automotive SCs	Icertis–Daimler AG	Daimler AG has partnered with Icertis to use BCT to enhance transparency in Daimler’s complex SCs	Daimler (2020)
To increase the legitimacy and integrity of medicines	Accenture–DHL	DHL and Accenture have run a BC-based pilot project to detect the tampering of pharmaceutical products and reduce the risk of counterfeit medicines	DHL and Accenture (2018)

Drivers of BCT’s deployment	base	Case description	Source
To achieve end-to-end supply chain (SC) visibility, increase trust and digitalise global trade documents and processes	IBM–Maersk	Nearly 100 stakeholders involved in global trade have registered on the BC platform TradeLens jointly initiated by IBM and Maersk that promises to reduce fraud and administrative costs while improving the traceability and efficiency of cargo transport	Maersk (2019)
To increase food safety and improve transparency and traceability	IBM and consumer products and food businesses	To increase the traceability and safety of food products, Walmart and Carrefour have joined the IBM Food Trust solution built on IBM’s BC platform, which various other retailers, suppliers and growers of such products (e.g. Dole Food Company, Driscoll’s, Kroger, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Unilever, Wakefern Food Corporation and Topco) have also begun using	Galvin (2019)
To increase authenticity and ensure the provenance of products	Provenance	Provenance, a UK-based company offering BC-enabled solutions, offers the tracking and tracing of products for more than 200 retailers and producers in various industries, including food, beverages and fashion	Provenance (2019)
To track the origin, authenticity, quality and ownership of luxury products	Everledger	UK-based Everledger’s BC solution aims to track and trace the authenticated origin of various high-value products (e.g. diamonds, art, rare wines and luxury goods) and detect fraud in their sale and purchase	Everledger (2020)
To replace paper-based documentation with smart contracts	BP–Royal Dutch Shell	A consortium of companies, including energy giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell, have developed VAKT, a global BC-based digital platform for energy-commodity trading that is expected to reduce trading errors and cut costs	VAKT (2020)
To deliver enhanced transparency in automotive SCs	Icertis–Daimler AG	Daimler AG has partnered with Icertis to use BCT to enhance transparency in Daimler’s complex SCs	Daimler (2020)
To increase the legitimacy and integrity of medicines	Accenture–DHL	DHL and Accenture have run a BC-based pilot project to detect the tampering of pharmaceutical products and reduce the risk of counterfeit medicines	DHL and Accenture (2018)