IBM this week launched a new supply chain service based on its blockchain platform and open-source software from recently-acquired Red Hat that allows developers and third-party apps to integrate legacy corporate data systems onto a distributed ledger.Through the use of open APIs, the new Sterling Supply Chain Suite allows distributors, manufacturers and retailers to integrate their own data and networks & as well as those of their suppliers & onto a Hyperledger-based blockchain to track and trace products and parts.
Among the data that can be integrated are IoT sensor systems for real-time shipment position location.