Coke One North America Services (CONA), owned by the major Coca Cola bottling companies, is to try out the Baseline Protocol, a public Ethereum blockchain technology targeted at enterprise use cases. Blockchain startups Unibright and Provide jointly announced the project, which was confirmed on LinkedIn by CONA’s Director of Innovation.
CONA already has a Hyperledger Fabric solution developed in conjunction with SAP, which enables bottlers to share data. A bottler may not always have sufficient stock on hand for delivery, so another franchise might sometimes make up the shortfall. The process involves lengthy reconciliations. Now that data is shared using Fabric between CONA bottlers and franchisees. However, there’s a desire to include external suppliers such as the manufacturers of cans and bottles. Hence the desire to use a public blockchain.
The Baseline Protocol is a collection of software on top of Ethereum that enables the internal systems of two or more companies to be synchronized without storing confidential data on the public blockchain. Hence if a supplier has insufficient stock, instead of the buyer being surprised at the delivery of a different quantity, when a supplier makes an alteration, the change is represented on the blockchain.
Article continues …
Want the full story? Pro subscribers get complete articles, exclusive industry analysis, and early access to legislative updates that keep you ahead of the competition. Join the professionals who are choosing deeper insights over surface level news.
