# Improving Hyperconnected Logistics with Blockchains and Smart Contracts

## TL;DR

This paper explores how blockchain and smart contracts can enhance hyperconnected logistics, aiming to create more efficient, open, and environmentally friendly supply chains through a practical implementation example.

## Contribution

It demonstrates a concrete implementation of blockchain and smart contracts in hyperconnected logistics, highlighting their potential benefits.

## Key findings

- Potential for improved supply chain efficiency
- Enhanced transparency and security in logistics
- Practical example of blockchain application

## Abstract

The Physical Internet and hyperconnected logistics concepts promise an open, more efficient and environmentally friendly supply chain for goods. Blockchain and Internet of Things technologies are increasingly regarded as main enablers of improvements in this domain. We describe how blockchain and smart contracts present the potential of being applied to hyperconnected logistics by showing a concrete example of its implementation.