Blockchain Technology for Supply Chain Management: A Comprehensive Review

Firms are eager to adopt new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Cloud Computing, Big Data, etc., they witness successful business applications. As one of the disruptive Blockchain technology (BCT) has been drawing attention stemming from cryptocurrency proliferation (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum), for which serves backbone. However, public is haunted by bewilderment between cryptocurrencies BCT. Furthermore, burgeoning Metaverse non-fungible tokens (NFT) raised BCT another notch. This study conducts a holistic literature review on features, implementations, implications. In particular, reviewing analyzing 2265 up-to-date articles that reveal BCT’s applications across various fields, this Blockchain-centered reveals research status delineates future directions. It shown that, among characteristics BCT, traceability main characteristic fueling application in supply chain management (SCM). We further find BCT-related extremely growing SCM, healthcare, government, while declining areas banking cyber security. Geographically, top countries with publications China, U.S., India. Finally, it emphasized environmental sciences agriculture have potential be explored.