Blockchain Integration with SAP for Secure and Transparent Supply Chain Tracking: A Framework for Trust and Traceability in Digital Enterprises

Abstract

Supply chain transparency can be improved using blockchain technology with Enterprise Resource Planning systems like SAP to provide transformative potential. The ongoing issues of traceability, data validation, and multi-stakeholder trust in complicated networks of the world require new technical solutions, instead of classical centralized architectures. The proposed framework creates a full integration model that maintains the efficiency of the operational SAP and introduces the distributed trust systems of blockchain. The integration through specialized architecture elements, data syncing protocols, security aspects, and consensus system enables organizations to upgrade to existing enterprise investments without disruptive system upgrades. The importance is not only in technical implementation but in the basic business transformation, which opens the opportunities to have better compliance and collaboration with other organizations. The case implementations in the pharmaceutical and food sectors show that there may be significant improvements in regulatory compliance, provenance verification, and stakeholder trust, which leads to the high potential of adoption in various industries where transparent and tamper-resistant supply chain records are the order of the day.