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Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services Mapping - a Design Science Research Approach

The paper designs, implements and evaluates a decentralized blockchain-based logistics procurement system that addresses the carrier-shipper allocation problem, and derives three nascent design principles - understandability, automation and metrics privacy - for decentralized procurement mechanisms.

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Authors: Tiphaine Henry, Roman Beck, Walid Gaaloul
Year: 2022
Venue: HICSS 55 (2022)
Methodology: Design science research; prototype development cycles; evaluation.

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Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services Mapping - a Design Science Research Approach

Authors: Tiphaine Henry, Roman Beck, Walid Gaaloul
Venue: HICSS 55 (2022)
Link: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79936 (opens in a new tab)

Summary

Artifact

A decentralized logistics-services procurement system (blockchain-based freight transport service provider mapping).

Methodology

Design science research; prototype development cycles; evaluation.

Citations

[1] Tiphaine Henry, Roman Beck, Walid Gaaloul. Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services Mapping - a Design Science Research Approach. HICSS 55 (2022). https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79936 (opens in a new tab) [2] Source document: Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services.pdf

DSR grid

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Problem description

Centralized logistics-procurement platforms are prone to information asymmetries between carriers and shippers, leading to sub-optimal procurement outcomes.

Input knowledge

Freight-transport service-provider (FTSP) mapping and procurement/allocation literature; blockchain and smart contracts; knowledge gained from prototype-development cycles.

Research process

Design science research: design, implementation and evaluation of a decentralized procurement system, with nascent principles derived from the prototype cycles.

Key concepts

Decentralized procurement, logistics services, blockchain, smart contracts, FTSP mapping.

Solution description

A decentralized blockchain-based logistics-services procurement system addressing the allocation problem. Solution-space representation: Instantiation (prototype) plus three nascent design principles.

Output knowledge

Three nascent design principles: understandability, automation and metrics privacy.

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Design Principle

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DP1 - Understandability

Adequately explain the smart-contract decision-making process (e.g., allocation computation outputs) to non-technical users in order to counter the black-box issue and encourage adoption.

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Design Principle

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DP2 - Automation

Carry out the freight-transport procurement process in an end-to-end automated fashion, digitizing paper-based processes and delegating allocation to the blockchain.

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Design Principle

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DP3 - Metrics privacy

Keep sensitive allocation metrics off-chain in competitive markets so that private data is not exposed while public allocation results remain verifiable.

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Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services Mapping - a Design Science Research Approach

Summary

Citations

[1] Tiphaine Henry, Roman Beck, Walid Gaaloul. Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services Mapping - a Design Science Research Approach. HICSS 55 (2022). https://hdl.handle.net/10125/79936 [2] Source document: Decentralized Procurement Mechanisms for Efficient Logistics Services.pdf

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