TruCert: Blockchain-based Trustworthy Product Certification within Autonomous Automotive Supply Chains

Alsadi, Mohammed and Arshad, Junaid and Ali, Jahid and Prince, Alousseynou and Shishank, Shishank (2023) TruCert: Blockchain-based Trustworthy Product Certification within Autonomous Automotive Supply Chains. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 109 (B). p. 108738. ISSN 0045-7906

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Abstract

Supply chain networks are complex structures which introduce significant challenges regarding transparency in production and traceability of components, making product certification non-trivial. Visibility within quality assurance processes is critical to this and is particularly important for autonomous & driver-less vehicles which rely on correct operation of individual parts (in the absence of human intervention) to achieve safety of such vehicles. Failure to ascertain quality assurance of parts can result in rogue behaviour among driver-less vehicles which can result in a risk to human lives. In this paper, a blockchain-based approach - TruCert, is proposed which achieves trustworthy product certification through enhanced visibility within tier 1 and beyond for complex automotive supply chains. Leveraging blockchain technology, TruCert’s potential to improve product quality assurance is demonstrated whilst also strengthening supply chain resilience to combat risks and uncertainties. Utilising the use-case of autonomous connected vehicles manufacturing, design and development of TruCert solution is presented including detailed system design, data model, and smart contracts & oracle implementations. TruCert enables trustworthy part certification across supply chain beyond tier 1 whilst achieving interoperability with heterogeneous systems across suppliers and other stakeholders. Outcomes of evaluation with respect to cost, performance, and security are also presented which highlight the effectiveness of the approach whilst identifying directions for future work.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.compeleceng.2023.108738
Dates:	Date Event 23 April 2023 Accepted 20 May 2023 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Blockchain, DLT, Product certification, Supply chain, Traceability, Visibility, Trustworthiness
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Junaid Arshad
Date Deposited:	05 May 2023 13:29
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 12:29
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14365

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