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Friday, June 09, 2017

Blockchain and ERP Analytic Collaboration

Interesting thought.   It reminds me of a thought presented years ago, that once we had complete detailed and immutable information about what happens in a company and it's suppliers and customers,   we could better improve it operation through analytics.    Seems we approaching this state.  Makes sense for ERP suppliers to drive it.

Blockchain integration turns ERP into a collaboration platform
The combo yields a trusted system of records that can be shared between disparate partner companies
 By Lucas Mearian   Senior Reporter, Computerworld

As the blockchain continues to mature and find adoption in areas other than cryptocurrency, ERP vendors are working to integrate the distributed ledger technology as a trackable, immutable record for everything from shipping manifests and supply chains to equipment maintenance and dispute-resolution systems.

"This is very real and something we're aggressively excited about," said Brigid McDermott, vice president of Blockchain Business Development at IBM. "What blockchain does is provide a trust system of record between disparate companies."  .... " 

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