Tokenization of Production & Supply chain systems: Transformation from XaaS toward a web 3 paradigm

Abstract

The paradigm of Cloud production and manufacturing system can be considered as one of the most dominant enablers of Industry 4.0 paradigm. The emphasize of this paradigm for realization of service-oriented production and manufacturing systems has established new perspectives for manufacturing business models toward globalized and distributed orientations. This thesis has proposed the evolution roadmap for realization of Cloud production and manufacturing system concepts. The thesis has proposed a roadmap of evolution which consists of three perspectives. The first perspective has contributed to platforms and architectures for globalized service-oriented production and manufacturing systems. The conducted research in this theme contributed for integration and interoperability of stakeholders and processes to enable the fulfillment of services. The second perspective has elaborated the idea of Cloud production and manufacturing systems by encompassing the transportation and logistics as service paradigm. The main contributions of the research studies in this theme can be interpreted as mutual and synergic production and transportation service alignment. Moreover, the research studies have contributed to the development of operations research (OR) models for Cloud service network management and planning. The third perspective has extended and contributed to the application of Blockchain and emerging Web 3 technologies in Cloud manufacturing networks. This research studies have accomplished the early steps for improving the effectiveness of the second perspective and have also provided an insight to the perspective of share economy and tokenization models in service-oriented networks. The studies emphasize the potential and capabilities of Web 3 for establishment of new business models in this network. The convergence of the research perspectives concentrates on more realization of service-oriented production and supply networks. The globalized interaction frameworks which operate with autonomous structures capable of resembling the preferences of Cloud stakeholders. From point view of sustainability pillars high research potentials can be of investigated. Moreover, the thesis proposes the future studies with motivation of more globalized, sustainable, and autonomous Cloud networks in form of tokenization paradigm.