Blockchain Outsourcing Platform Smart Contract Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Small and medium-sized manufacturing industries face challenges in finding suitable suppliers for outsourcing processing due to inefficiencies in the traditional industrial supply chain, leading to high trial and error costs and information leakage during the supplier-demander matching process.

Innovation Solution

A blockchain-based outsourcing processing method and platform that enables demanders to transmit product demand information and suppliers to share processing capabilities, with a network server matching these inputs to facilitate efficient and secure transactions through smart contracts stored on a blockchain, ensuring confidentiality and automating account transfers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional hierarchical supply chain is used for matching demanders and suppliers, then the existing structure is maintained, but matching efficiency is low and information leakage occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematching efficiencyVSAvoidinformation leakage

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a blockchain-based platform as an intermediary between demanders and suppliers. This platform uses smart contracts to automate the matching process, ensuring that information is securely transmitted without being exposed to unauthorized parties. The blockchain structure acts as a trusted mediator that prevents information leakage while improving matching efficiency through automated algorithms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the traditional mechanical hierarchical supply chain structure with a blockchain-based digital system. This substitution eliminates the need for manual information passing through multiple hierarchical levels, reducing information leakage risks and significantly improving matching efficiency through automated smart contract execution.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If referral companies are used to find suppliers, then supplier discovery is enabled, but trial and error costs increase due to multiple intermediaries

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesupplier discovery capabilityVSAvoidtrial and error cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential matching function from the complex referral company model and implements it directly on the blockchain platform. By removing unnecessary intermediary layers and using smart contracts to perform matching based on predefined criteria, the system enables supplier discovery while eliminating the high trial and error costs associated with traditional referral models.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The blockchain platform enables demanders and suppliers to independently find and match with each other through automated smart contract algorithms, without requiring external referral companies. This self-service mechanism reduces dependency on intermediaries and minimizes trial and error costs by providing direct access to potential partners.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If traditional transaction processes are used, then flexibility is maintained, but transaction security and tamper-proofing are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction flexibilityVSAvoidtransaction security

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the flexibility of traditional transaction processes with the security of blockchain technology. Smart contracts encode transaction terms and conditions, maintaining operational flexibility, while the underlying blockchain structure provides immutable, tamper-proof recording, ensuring transaction security and reliability simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Productivity

If manual matching processes are used, then system complexity is low, but matching accuracy and speed are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvematching speedVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-programming matching criteria and rules into smart contracts before the actual matching process. This allows the system to automatically and rapidly match demanders with suppliers based on predefined parameters, significantly improving matching speed and accuracy while managing complexity through structured, rule-based algorithms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20210326974A1Blockchain-based outsourcing processing method and platform

Publication Date: 2021.10.21 GUANGDONG UNIV OF TECH

AI summary

The disclosure relates to a blockchain-based outsourcing processing method, including the steps of: transmitting, by a demander, product demand information to a network data server to form a demand order, and transmitting, by a supplier, self-processing capability information to the network data server; performing, by the network data server, matching according to the demand information and the processing capability information, and transmitting the demand order to the supplier; selecting, by the supplier, the demand order to quote; confirming, by the two parties, quotation, establishing transaction and generating a smart contract, and writing the smart contract into a blockchain for storage; and after completing goods delivery, automatically executing account transfer according to the smart contract to complete outsourcing processing transaction.