Blockchain technologies to enable circular and recycling business model for manufacturing industry – RECIRCLEMAN
23154 – Eit Manufacturing
01/2023 – 12/2023
budget
799.000€
consortium
6 partners
results
- Controlled and efficient supply chain
- CO2 reduction, upskilling on blockchain
- Visibility in a European network on sustainability issues
localizzazione
partners
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation, University of Patras (Greece) – Italtel (Italy) – Whirlpool (Italy) – FORFIRM (Italy) – ELVALHALCOR (Greece)
Competencies used
Challenges
Companies have an increasing need to ensure better traceability of the origin and destination of products to identify opportunities for reduction, reuse, remanufacturing or recycling, with a view to circular economy.
Objective
- Increase product traceability in the supply chain
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of blockchain technology to support new circular business models
- Increase database security and functionality
- Prevent fraud through product traceability
- Increase the efficiency of product end-of-life management methodologies in supply chains
Benefits for the companies
Thanks to the project ReCircleMan, companies can implement innovative end-of-life management practices that enable a circular business model shared among various supply chain actors.
Exploiting the potential of blockchain technology to securely certify supply chains, companies can increase supply chain traceability by taking an important step on the path towards the creation of a digital factory.
MADE4.0 role
- make its facility available to implement and test a pre-industrial blockchain solution
- make available a wide range of digital knowledge, methods and technologies
- implement ad hoc training courses
Impact
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