Using blockchain in the textile industry: a case study | [Journal of Information & Communication Technology (JICT) • 2022]

Author(s):

1. Maaz bin Ahmad: Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Karachi, Country , Pakistan,

2. Sanjay Kumar: Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Karachi, Country , Pakistan,

3. Syed Hassan Ali: Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Karachi, Country , Pakistan,

4. Palwasha: Karachi Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship Karachi, Country , Pakistan,

Abstract:

The textile industry's overall retail style area Blockchain is now being used in the education sector, is worth more than $1.3 trillion, and the business utilizes automotive sector, healthcare, media, government offices, 60 to 75 million individuals. Multiple players effectively etc. This technology has, in short, simplified the management endeavor to expand attention to the difficulties in fulfilling of data and the process of its privacy. the orders in time. Supply networks are a noticeable player in this industry because of their size. Technological In 1769 [19], sir Richard Arkwright invented a programmed advancements like blockchain can further develop system for spinning cotton into yarn be, known as waterproduction network straightforwardness, robotization, frames. Several pulleys and gears connected these frames to a and simplicity of correspondence among providers and large wooden wheel to bring water down the channel. brands by making data more reliable and available. Unfortunately, this wooden wheel was too large to fit in any Purchasers and brands would have a superior worker's cottage and demanded force to move water. Thus, comprehension of the cycles because of the more this resulted in textile production, which is how the textile noteworthy straightforwardness and measure of data industry eventually came into being. given by these advances, prompting measures pointed toward eliminating unscrupulous producers from the The first four steps in the textile industry are: spinning cotton material business' inventory chains. This paper enlightens into yarn, fabric manufacture, wet processing, and garment the Ethereum Blockchain implementation for the textile manufacturing. These are not as easy as they seem to be. The industry's supply chain process. Step-by-step process behind it is more complex. As you can see, every implementation details are mentioned. Solidity is used to department requires a human force and machinery to run an write the smart contract. The implementation shows that industry. Every sector needs efficient and effective blockchain can overtake the existing process of the textile performance. There is also a threat to data security, critical industry and provides more reliability, availability, and data mishandling, etc. security in the overall process.

Page(s): 48-56

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Journal of Information & Communication Technology (JICT), Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Year: 2022

Keywords:

Security , Ethereum , Blockchain , Smart Contracts , Traceability , Data Transparency , Transactions

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