1. INTEGRATING BLOCKCHAIN
TECHNOLOGY WITHIN DOCUMENT
MANAGEMENT WORKFLOWS
PREPARED BY MIHAI PRUNA
PROGRAMMATIC MODELING CONSULTANTS LLC
MIHAI@PROGMODCON.COM
2018

2. BLOCKCHAIN OVERVIEW
• Distributed Ledger
• Immutable
• Tamper-proof

3. BLOCKCHAIN ADVANTAGES OVER DATABASE
SHARED DATABASE
• Central location
• Modifiable
• Vulnerable
BLOCKCHAIN
• Replicated over node network
• Immutable record of transactions
• Consensus mechanism

4. APPLICATION: DIGITAL ASSET TRACKING
SCALED SCENARIO
• Sarah is an Engineer using AutoCAD
• Sarah generates and modifies drawing files.
• John is an external contractor
• John marks up drawings converted to PDF files.
• Jenny is a compliance officer
• Jenny identifies origins of discrepancies within documents.

5. DOCUMENT CUSTODY / PROVENANCE
Sarah
DWG
Sarah
DWG
John
PDF
Jenny
Sarah saves changes from
AutoCAD which are
automatically recorded on the
blockchain by plug-in.
John submits markups to shared portal,
which are recorded on the blockchain.
Jenny reviews document and
chain of ownership from the
compliance portal.

6. BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK EXPANSION
• Nodes
• Company offices or business partners added as nodes make the blockchain network more
secure and trustworthy
• Functionality
• Different types of assets and participants
• Smart contracts

7. BLOCKCHAIN CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS
Blockchain
Network
Rest
API
Web
Services MS Office
Software
Other
Desktop
Software
NETChain
Connector

8. THANK YOU!
• Let us know how we can help you leverage blockchain tech in your business!
• Contact the presenter at mihai@progmodcon.com