Overview
Background
Shoufeng Cao is a disrupter and transformational advocate for impactful and real-world solutions, with research expertise in digital tranformation and blockchain-based innovative solutions for businesses, supply chains, industries and communites. His current research focuses on developing and demonstrating the transformative application of blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the bushfood industry.
Shoufeng obtained his doctoral degree from The University of Queensland (UQ), with his thesis on system-wide data-driven risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains for the strategic competition of "value chain to value chain". He started his postdoc research journeys at UQ and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where he completed three digital transformation projects in agri-food supply chains and the industry funded by three industry-led CRCs including the CRC for developing Northern Australia (CRCNA), the Food Agility CRC, and the Future Food Systems CRC, and one ARC Indigenous Disovery Project.
His research areas span from the identification of digital transformation strategies in complex multi-industry and multi-region contexts to the design, implementation, and evaluation of blockchain solutions with end users for industrial transformation and real-world disruptive impacts. His completed projects won two Good Design Australia Awards 2020 and one of them was a runner-up of the 2021 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards in the ICT Research Project of the Year Category.
Availability
- Dr Shoufeng Cao is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
The data-driven risk analysis and management project funded by the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) was described by the Australian Table Grape Association (ATGA) and industry sponsors as “the right project at the right time” to address industry-faced risk and resilience challenges along the export supply chain via risk-related data and information communication and collaborative risk management.
The Digital Transformation for Horticultural Exports from Northern Australia project funded by CRCNA (2018-2020) worked together with Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), Northern Territory Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (NTDPIR) and Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (WADPIRD) and Hort Innovation Australia with evidence-based industry investment and regional development.
The BeefLedger project funded by Food Agility CRC in which I am a key research contributor received two 2020 Good Design Australia Awards in the commercial services category, and the design strategy category for demonstrating tangible benefits of blockchain for the Australian beef industry.
The Smart Trade Hubs project funded by Future Food Systems CRC in which I am an associate investigator, and a key research contributor was a runner-up for the 2022 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards for the ICT Research Project of the Year Category.
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
When time is money: a case study of supply chain circulation, disintermediation and value distribution in beef supply to China with blockchain technologies
Powell, Warwick, Cao, Shoufeng and Turner-Morris, Charles (2022). When time is money: a case study of supply chain circulation, disintermediation and value distribution in beef supply to China with blockchain technologies. 6th Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 22 November 2022. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4539848
2022
Journal Article
Blockchain smart contracts for supply chain finance: Mapping the innovation potential in Australia-China beef supply chains
Natanelov, Valeri, Cao, Shoufeng, Foth, Marcus and Dulleck, Uwe (2022). Blockchain smart contracts for supply chain finance: Mapping the innovation potential in Australia-China beef supply chains. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 30 100389, 100389. doi: 10.1016/j.jii.2022.100389
2022
Conference Publication
Fully traceable bio-farming for sustainability transition – applying blockchain technology to verifiable and complete communication of bio-farming throughout the product life cycle
Cao, Shoufeng (2022). Fully traceable bio-farming for sustainability transition – applying blockchain technology to verifiable and complete communication of bio-farming throughout the product life cycle. The Bioeconomy Forum: seizing opportunities and leading the way, Mackay, QLD, Australia, 12 September 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Garbage in garbage out: The precarious link between IoT and blockchain in food supply chains
Powell, Warwick, Foth, Marcus, Cao, Shoufeng and Natanelov, Valéri (2022). Garbage in garbage out: The precarious link between IoT and blockchain in food supply chains. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 25 100261, 100261. doi: 10.1016/j.jii.2021.100261
2021
Conference Publication
Integrating on-chain and off-chain governance for supply chain transparency and integrity
Cao, Shoufeng, Miller, Thomas, Foth, Marcus, Powell, Warwick, Boyen, Xavier and Turner-Morris, Charles (2021). Integrating on-chain and off-chain governance for supply chain transparency and integrity. 5th Symposium on Distributed Ledger Technology, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 23 November 2021. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2111.08455
2021
Journal Article
From premise to practice of social consensus: How to agree on common knowledge in blockchain-enabled supply chains
Powell, Warwick, Cao, Shoufeng, Miller, Thomas, Foth, Marcus, Boyen, Xavier, Earsman, Barry, del Valle, Santiago and Turner-Morris, Charles (2021). From premise to practice of social consensus: How to agree on common knowledge in blockchain-enabled supply chains. Computer Networks, 200 108536, 108536. doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108536
2021
Journal Article
What are the effects of short video storytelling in delivering blockchain-credentialed Australian beef products to China?
Cao, Shoufeng, Foth, Marcus, Powell, Warwick and McQueenie, Jock (2021). What are the effects of short video storytelling in delivering blockchain-credentialed Australian beef products to China?. Foods, 10 (10) 2403, 2403. doi: 10.3390/foods10102403
2021
Journal Article
Strengthening consumer trust in beef supply chain traceability with a blockchain-based human-machine reconcile mechanism
Cao, Shoufeng, Powell, Warwick, Foth, Marcus, Natanelov, Valeri, Miller, Thomas and Dulleck, Uwe (2021). Strengthening consumer trust in beef supply chain traceability with a blockchain-based human-machine reconcile mechanism. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 180 105886, 105886. doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105886
2021
Journal Article
Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2021). Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study. International Journal of Logistics Management, 32 (3), 1050-1067. doi: 10.1108/IJLM-07-2020-0278
2020
Other Outputs
Evaluation of the potential to expand horticultural industries in northern Australia
Cao, Shoufeng, Hine, Damian, Henry, Robert, Shaw, Lindsay and Mitter, Neena (2020). Evaluation of the potential to expand horticultural industries in northern Australia. Hermit Park, QLD, Australia: CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA).
2020
Other Outputs
China's blockchain services network: A new global emerging infrastructure
Cao, Shoufeng, Deane, Felicity, Foth, Marcus, Powell, Warwick and Robb, Lachlan (2020, 07 30). China's blockchain services network: A new global emerging infrastructure ACS Informationage
2020
Book Chapter
Community group buying, vulnerable communities and COVID-19 in China
Sigley, Gary, Powell, Warwick and Cao, Shoufeng (2020). Community group buying, vulnerable communities and COVID-19 in China. State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot on 1 June 2020 . (pp. 50-51) edited by Nichole Georgeou and Charles Hawksley. Penrith, NSW Australia: Western Sydney University. doi: 10.26183/5ed5a2079cabd
2020
Other Outputs
BeefLedger blockchain-credentialed beef exports to China: early consumer insights
Cao, Shoufeng, Dulleck, Uwe, Powell, Warwick, Turner-Morris, Charles, Natanelov, Valeri and Foth, Marcus (2020). BeefLedger blockchain-credentialed beef exports to China: early consumer insights. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/rep.eprints.200267
2020
Journal Article
Improving supply chain risk visibility and communication with a multi-view risk ontology
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2020). Improving supply chain risk visibility and communication with a multi-view risk ontology. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 21 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/16258312.2020.1717990
2020
Other Outputs
Australian mangoes in China: navigating competition and driving differentiation in an evolving market
Cao, Shoufeng (2020). Australian mangoes in China: navigating competition and driving differentiation in an evolving market. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4289526
2020
Journal Article
Assessing the rigour of empirical research in supply chain risk management
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2020). Assessing the rigour of empirical research in supply chain risk management. International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience, 4 (2), 123-149. doi: 10.1504/ijscor.2020.10031119
2019
Journal Article
An Ontology-based Bayesian network modelling for supply chain risk propagation
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2019). An Ontology-based Bayesian network modelling for supply chain risk propagation. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 119 (8), 1691-1711. doi: 10.1108/imds-01-2019-0032
2018
Other Outputs
System-wide risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains
Cao, Shoufeng (2018). System-wide risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.590
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