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Levi Strauss turns to block chain

US denim brand Levi Strauss will pilot the use of block chain technology to monitor factory safety in supply chains. A promising new solution could potentially augment and replace external factory health and safety auditors with a self-reporting infrastructure by factory workers.

Three Levi Strauss’ factories located in Mexico employing 5,000 workers will be the first to use the system this year, while another pilot is planned for next year. Block chain is the technology which underpins digital currency such as Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum. The technology allows digital information to be distributed, but not copied, meaning that each individual piece of data can only have one owner.

This information is constantly reconciled into a database, which is stored in multiple locations and updated instantly. That means the records are public and verifiable and, since there’s no central location, it is harder to hack since the information exists simultaneously in millions of places.

One of block chain technology’s most promising applications is in supply chain and inventory management. Fashion supply chains are often opaque, involving the sourcing of raw fibers and materials from farmers, fabrics and leathers from textile mills and tanneries, and garments from cut and sew and finishing factories. Distribution networks are vast and complex.

 

 
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