Feng, Z.; Li, W.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, X. A Framework of a Blockchain-Supported Remanufacturing Trading Platform through Gap Analysis. Sustainability2023, 15, 12120.
Feng, Z.; Li, W.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, X. A Framework of a Blockchain-Supported Remanufacturing Trading Platform through Gap Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12120.
Feng, Z.; Li, W.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, X. A Framework of a Blockchain-Supported Remanufacturing Trading Platform through Gap Analysis. Sustainability2023, 15, 12120.
Feng, Z.; Li, W.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, X. A Framework of a Blockchain-Supported Remanufacturing Trading Platform through Gap Analysis. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12120.
Abstract
Considering that consumers are more willing to buy products online, companies are increasingly selling remanufactured products online through e-commerce platforms. Notwithstanding the high attention it elicits from researchers and companies, the study about the remanufacturing trading platform is in its infancy. Thus, we investigate 20 remanufacturing trading platforms related nowadays and make a gap analysis among them in terms of: (i) business model, (ii) product display, (iii) delivery products, (iv) quality assurance and after-sales service, (v) product review and star rate and (vi) transaction and payment. On this basis, we analyze features and trends for the development of remanufacturing trading platforms and propose six key applications aimed at filling the identified gaps. The consortium blockchain has the characteristics of security and transparency, high credibility, traceability and unfalsifiability, low cost, and strong scalability, which can provide effective support for the six key applications. Then, we construct the technical framework and the model of a consortium blockchain-supported remanufacturing trading platform. Further, we analyze the coupling mechanism between consortium blockchain and remanufacturing trading platform to explain how the remanufacturing trading platform supported by consortium blockchain achieves development characteristics. This study provides important guidance for the development, construction, and operation management of remanufacturing trading platforms.
Keywords
remanufacturing trading platform; gap analysis; consortium blockchain; coupling mechanism
Subject
Engineering, Other
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