Shared Partner Ledgers: The End of Costly Reconciliation

Manual reconciliation of invoices, payments, and inventory across partners is a major cost center. A shared ledger provides immutable, real-time transaction records that all parties trust.

• Example: A global retailer and its suppliers can reduce invoice dispute resolution from weeks to minutes.
• ROI Impact: Cut reconciliation labor by 70-90% and reduce financial close cycles by up to 50%.

Prove the origin, authenticity, and ethical sourcing of materials for regulators and consumers. A shared ledger creates an unbreakable chain of custody from source to sale.

• Example: A pharmaceutical company can track active ingredients to prevent counterfeit drugs, while a food brand can prove sustainable sourcing for ESG reporting.
• ROI Impact: Mitigate recall costs, avoid regulatory fines, and command premium pricing for verifiable claims.

Complex transactions involving multiple intermediaries (e.g., logistics, customs, insurers) create settlement delays and errors. A shared ledger enables atomic settlements where all obligations are fulfilled simultaneously.

• Example: In trade finance, a letter of credit, bill of lading, and payment can be executed as a single, automated event upon delivery confirmation.
• Business Value: Reduce settlement times from days to seconds, eliminate failed payments, and free up capital.

Traditional partnerships rely on costly audits and legal contracts to enforce agreements. A shared ledger embeds business logic as smart contracts that execute automatically based on verified data.

• Example: A consortium of airlines and travel agencies can automatically calculate and distribute loyalty points and commission payments based on immutable booking records.
• ROI Impact: Drastically reduce audit overhead, minimize disputes, and enable faster onboarding of new partners.

Instead of each party maintaining their own audit logs, the shared ledger provides a permissioned, immutable history accessible to authorized auditors and regulators on-demand.

• Example: During a financial audit, a firm can grant regulators read-only access to specific transaction streams, cutting audit preparation time from months to hours.
• Business Value: Turn compliance from a cost center into a competitive advantage with transparent, real-time reporting.

Replace manual audits and paper trails with an immutable, shared record of custody. Key benefits:

• Automated compliance for regulations like the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
• Real-time visibility reduces disputes and chargebacks by providing a verifiable chain of custody.
• Example: Walmart's food traceability pilot reduced trace-back time for produce from 7 days to 2.2 seconds.

Automate the reconciliation of transactions between subsidiaries, partners, and joint ventures. Key benefits:

• Eliminate month-end close delays caused by mismatched records, accelerating financial reporting.
• Reduce manual effort by up to 80%, allowing finance teams to focus on analysis.
• Example: A global manufacturing consortium used a shared ledger to reconcile inter-entity transactions, cutting reconciliation time from 15 days to near real-time.

Enable secure, patient-controlled sharing of medical records and clinical trial data across institutions. Key benefits:

• Break down data silos between providers, payers, and researchers while maintaining HIPAA/GDPR compliance.
• Improve research outcomes with access to richer, verifiable datasets, accelerating drug development.
• Example: The Synaptic Health Alliance, a consortium of major U.S. payers, uses blockchain to maintain a more accurate provider directory, reducing administrative costs.