An end-to-end bidirectional authentication system for pallet pooling management through blockchain internet of things (BIoT)

W. Long, C. H. Wu, Y. P. Tsang, Q. Chen

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Abstract

Pallet pooling is regarded as a sustainable and cost-effective measure for the industry, but it is challenging to advocate due to weak data and pallet authentication. In order to establish trust between end-users and pallet pooling services, the authors propose an end-to-end, bidirectional authentication system for transmitted data and pallets based on blockchain and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies. In addition, secure data authentication fosters the pallet authenticity in the whole supply chain network, which is achieved by considering the tag, location, and object-specific features. To evaluate the object-specific features, the scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) approach is adopted to match key-points and descriptors between two pallet images. According to the case study, it is found that the proposed system provides a low bandwidth blocking rate and a high probability of restoring complete data payloads. Consequently, positive influences on end-user satisfaction, quality of service, operational errors, and pallet traceability are achieved through the deployment of the proposed system.
Original languageEnglish
Article number49
Number of pages25
JournalJournal of Organizational and End User Computing
Volume33
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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