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Wow, I'm surprised by the downvotes.

There are more details in this BI article mentioned in the coindesk one. I would have linked to it directly, but they have a paywall. https://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-bottlers-sap-scali...

As the article explains, they're expanding their test because it's demonstrated that they could reduce order-reconciliation duration from 50 days to just a few days. That's a big deal for a $21 billion-a-year supply chain.

So, for those of you who are so sure that blockchain is pointless end-of-story, it seems like you're not taking into account how messy and expensive it is to manage data and legal contracts with many small business entities throughout supply chains. But I'll read more into the links you sent with your arguments, thanks for that.



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