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Ein Fall für die Papierindustrie?
Authors: Zmollnig, Matteo;
Abstract

Die Papierindustrie ist eine hoch effiziente Branche und ein wichtiger Bestandteil der österreichischen Wirtschaft. Durch regulatorische Maßnahmen und die öffentliche Diskussion von Umweltfragen, wird der Papierindustrie eine noch bedeutendere Rolle zugeschrieben. Durch die Verarbeitung des Rohstoffes Holz ist die Papierindustrie eng mit der Forstindustrie verknüpft. Dadurch sieht sich auch dieser Industriezweig mit Umweltfragen konfrontiert, die vor allem über das Thema „nachhaltige Forstwirtschaft“ diskutiert wird. Durch das Aufkommen des Blockchain Hypes wurde in den letzten Jahren auch oft ein potentieller Use Case für die Papier- und Forstindustrie überlegt, der genau in die Kerbe des Themas „Nachhaltigkeit“ schlägt. So sollte die Herkunft von Holz entlang der Supply Chain zur Produktion eines Papierprodukts, in einer Blockchain, gespeichert werden. Doch macht diese Anwendung auch wirklich Sinn? Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden die grundlegenden Eigenschaften einer Blockchain erläutert und der aktuelle technische Stand der Forschung in der Blockchain Technologie recherchiert. Anschließend wird der Prozess zur Erzeugung von Baum zu Papier entlang der Supply Chain der beteiligten Stakeholder beschrieben. Daraus wird ein grober Anwendungsfall spezifiziert, der auf die Tauglichkeit zur Verwendung in einem Blockchain Netzwerk geprüft wird. Zur genaueren Spezifikation des Anwendungsfalls wurden Experteninterviews durchgeführt und daraus Vorteile, Nachteile und Hindernisse des Blockchain Anwendungsfalls diskutiert. Die Erkenntnisse der Arbeit zeigen auf, dass ein Blockchain Netzwerk in Kombination mit dem Anwendungsfall zwar geeignet ist, es in der digitalisierten Umsetzung zur Zurückverfolgung von Holz und der Schaffung einer Blockchain fähigen Anwendung allerdings noch Probleme gibt. Die Weiterentwicklung und Digitalisierung der Zurückverfolgung bedarf noch Investition in der Schaffung weiterer, verbesserter Lösungen.

The paper industry is a highly efficient industry and an important part of the Austrian economy. Regulatory measures and public discussion of environmental issues have given the paper industry an even more important role. By processing the raw material wood, the paper industry is closely linked to the forestry industry. As a result, this branch of industry is also confronted with environmental issues, which are primarily discussed on the topic of "sustainable forestry". With the advent of the blockchain hype, a potential use case for the paper and forestry industry has often been considered in recent years, which hits exactly the notch of the topic "sustainability". The origin of wood along the supply chain to produce paper products should be stored in a blockchain. But does this application really make sense? In the context of this work, the basic properties of a blockchain are explained and the current technical status of research in blockchain technology is researched. The process for generating tree to paper along the supply chain of the stakeholders involved is then described. From this, a rough application is specified, which is checked for suitability for use in a blockchain network. Expert interviews were carried out to specify the use case more precisely and the advantages, disadvantages and obstacles of the blockchain use case were discussed. The findings of the work show that a blockchain network in combination with the use case is suitable, but there are still problems in the digitized implementation for tracing wood and creating a blockchain-compatible application. The further development and digitalization of tracing still requires investment in the creation of further, improved solutions.

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658 Allgemeines Management

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