Integration of Internet of Things and Blockchain to Increase Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains Performance

This paper provide an overview of the benefits that the integration of IoT and Blockchain can produce on the Humanitarian Aid Supply Chain (HASC). Consdering the large number of partner involved in HASC, traditional centralized information systems become very vulnerable. In the same sense, the lack of mutual knowledge obstruct the needed cooperation. The joint use of IoT and Blockchain can overcome these problems. Main benefit as well as barriers to this implementation is analyzed, considering the diferent phases of the HASC. KeywordsCovid19, Blockchain, Supply Chain Management, Internet of Things, Humanitarian Supply Chain