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Samsung, which is best known for manufacturing electronics is taking blockchain platform in its consideration to track the shipments of its immense global supply chain network. According to this Samsung global news, it is considering an extensive implementation of a blockchain ledger platform so that it can track its shipments, globally.

Song Kwang-woo, who is the blockchain chief at the IT subsidiary of the Samsung, Samsung SDS, unveiled it while speaking to Bloomberg that a blockchain system could cut the shipping costs by 20%. Conspicuously, Kwang-woo also ensured that SDS is currently working on the development of blockchain platform for Samsung Electronics.

Involvement in Blockchain Technology

SDS has demonstrated its involvement in the implementation of blockchain technology for the shipping industry, effectively finishing a 7-month trial-project to track and record shipping logistics of both imports and exports in the vast shipping industry of Korea by the end of the year, 2017.

Related to the blockchain and supply chain collaboration, Kwang-woo also added:

“It will have an enormous impact on the supply chains of manufacturing industries. The blockchain is a core platform to fuel our digital transformation.”

SDS introduced a blockchain pilot for a shipping industry of Korea, in May 2017, so that it could keep an eye on the imports and exports of cargo shipments in real-time by leading an association, which included:

Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Hyundai Merchant Marine

IBM, which is considered as a technology giant.

Korea Customs Service

Also known as a member of the EEA (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance), Samsung SDS successfully accomplished its first pilot-run of a shipment that perceived the whole procedure of a shipment, as well as delivery and booking, from Korea to China. As it’s also mentioned above, SDS settled its trial by the end of 2017 that eventually intended to handle all exports and imports in Korea via blockchain.

The metropolitan government of the capital city of South Korea, Seoul, chose Samsung SDS in November 2017, to develop a roadmap and organize blockchain technology to the whole administration of the city, as a method to advance transparency and boost citizen expediency. The government of Seoul has formally announced its purpose that by 2022, it would utilize blockchain technology across the whole municipal administration.