Executive Summary In the era of hyper-connected manufacturing and global supply chains, ensuring data integrity, provenance, and trustworthiness is paramount. This whitepaper explores how blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) underpin modular, agentic architectures—specifically within the Industrial Coworker backbone—by enabling secure, transparent, and immutable records across internal factory operations and external ecosystems such as procurement, … Continue reading Chaining the Block