Abstract
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is extensively used for the management of business processes. ERP offers a system of integrated applications with a shared central database. Storing all business-critical information in a central place raises various issues such as data integrity assurance and a single point of failure, which makes the database vulnerable. This paper investigates database and Blockchain integration, where the Blockchain network works in synchronization with the database system, and offers a mechanism to validate the transactions and ensure data integrity. Limited research exists on Blockchain-based solutions for the single point of failure in ERP. We established in our study that for concurrent access control and monitoring of ERP, private permissioned Blockchain using Proof of Elapsed Time consensus is more suitable. The study also investigated the bottleneck issue of transaction processing rates (TPR) of Blockchain consensus, specifically ERP’s TPR. The paper presents system architecture that integrates Blockchain with an ERP system using an application interface.
Highlights
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a software-based solution to manage the business processes of an organization
To prove the concept of our proposed architecture, we used Hyperledger Sawtooth Sawtooth is a framework designed for enterprise-related distributed ledgers as the private Blockchain
We propose BlockERP as an integrated architecture of private Blockchain and database systems to address the challenges of a single point of failure
Summary
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a software-based solution to manage the business processes of an organization. The importance of Enterprise Systems provides sufficient support to unique business processes [2] This solution of many integrated applications shares a database used by different business departments of the organization. These access rules and logical control structures are maintained by users with administrative rights. It records all actions of the users, administrators, and anyone who attempts to change/update or tamper with data It adds the participating nodes into the Blockchain only by invitation process and contains registered nodes’ transaction data with permission. We purpose the use of a private permissioned Blockchain as an independent layer of tamper-proof record of all database transactions and operations to solve the transactional integrity issue.
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