BITA Standards Council (BITA)

Global companies with a shared vision to leverage blockchain to define and grow open-source supply chain standards

BITA Standards Council (BITA) is GBBC's global transportation and commerce initiative, consisting of global companies with a shared vision to leverage blockchain to define and grow open-source supply chain standards.

This Open-Source Supply Chain Standards effort was founded by market leaders FedEx, UPS, Salesforce, and Delta Air Lines.

The Future of Global Supply Chains: GSMI 5.0 Standalone Report

GBBC’s Global Standard Mapping Initiative (GSMI) 5.0 published a standalone report written by the Supply Chain Working Group, which falls under the research arm of BITA.

The report builds on the foundational topics introduced for GSMI 4.0 below, discussing the current landscape of global supply chain standards, particularly the importance of harmonized and open-source standards as global commerce goes digital. There is still a need for further harmonization and a common language for shared data elements, which are crucial to enable the level of interoperability across systems that will provide a truly global view to supply chain traceability. The report includes a reference architecture model that can shape future developments. Much of this also runs on digital identity, tokenization, and digital twins, enabled by blockchain technology, and scale comes through network effects. A call to action is proposed, toward greater alignment across international standards bodies and engagement across stakeholders.

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GSMI 4.0 Standalone Report: Supply Chains

GBBC’s Global Standard Mapping Initiative (GSMI) 4.0 included a standalone report written by the Supply Chain Working Group, which falls under the research arm of BITA.

The report offers a comprehensive view of the complexities of global supply chains, including obscure exchanges of data. To address these challenges, and the existing lack of trust, the report delves into opportunities for blockchain to harmonize supply chains and improve transparency, traceability, and ultimately trust through end-to-end visibility of global shipments. Underlying the proposed solutions are fundamental open-source standards for supply chain operations.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What was the merger between BITA and GBBC?+

BITA Standards Council (BITA) has merged with Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) to Launch Initiative using Blockchain technology to Improve Global Supply Chains. This Open-Source Supply Chain Standards effort will be led by market leaders FedEx, UPS, Salesforce, and Delta Airlines. BITA will become an initiative of GBBC and BITA members will become members of GBBC. The combined association will have more than 500 institutional members, and 231 Ambassadors across 109 jurisdictions and disciplines.

What is BITA?+

Originally established in 2017 as the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, and currently BITA Standards Council, Inc., BITA is a not-for-profit standards organization focused on the creation of open-source and royalty-free data standards in the global transportation and commerce (supply chain) space.

What is BITA’s vision/mission?+

BITA Standards Council provides open-source standards for blockchain/Web3-enabled global commerce and, collaborating with other like-minded entities, will drive the global effort to map, produce, publish, and adopt those standards.

Why does this merger benefit both BITA and GBBC?+

GBBC continues its history of convening global changemakers to scale and execute initiatives around the world. Recognizing the importance of borderless and end-to end multi-stakeholder collaboration, GBBC and BITA will join its collective network power and know-how to bring open-source and royalty-free data standards in the global transportation and commerce supply chain space into reality. Further, BITA’s work in global supply chain will add to GBBC’s open-source library of high-profile blockchain and distributed ledger real world use case standards that GBBC members have developed in sustainability and digital finance.

What outputs has BITA previously delivered?+

BITA’s previous and current focus is on defining the business of Multi-Modal Shipment Inventory Tracking and Tracing (STT). The core of this work revolves around shipment location, party and tracking.

What are expected BITA/GBBC deliverables?+

The combined BITA/GBBC efforts, including harmonizing with other key standards entities, will create a true end-to-end view of supply chain and global commerce data standards, which can then be used to create reference architecture using those standards. Completing this end-to-end establishes a pathway to streamline subsequent work and will require a global view and focus to be successful.

My company is a member of GBBC, how do I get involved with BITA?+

GBBC’s extensive global member community will have the opportunity to participate in BITA’s working groups and contribute to BITA’s projects. If you or your organization are interested in getting involved with BITA, please contact membership@gbbc.io.

Who is on BITA’s leadership team?+

BITA’s Leadership Team is comprised of Dale Chrystie, Business Fellow and Blockchain Strategist, FedEx; Dr. Veneetia Johnson, Director, TechOps Technology and Innovation Engineering, Delta Air Lines; Greg Brown, Former Vice President — Technology Strategy and R&D, UPS; and Paul Rapino, SVP Business Development — Enterprise, Governance, and Standards, The HBAR Foundation.

What if I have a question that was not answered in the FAQs?+

Contact membership@gbbc.io for any questions you may have.

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