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Digital Product Passport

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Short Description

  • The digital product passport is a data set that originates from all phases of the product life cycle and can be used in all these phases
  • The data summarizes the components, materials and chemical substances, as well as information about reparability, spare parts or proper disposal for a product
  • The data can be used for different purposes, e.g. in design, production, use or disposal
  • The overall aim is to achieve more transparency in materials and products

Facts and Figures

  • An integral part of the political strategies of the European Union (EU)

Stakeholders

  • European Union

Use Cases

  • Structuring environmentally relevant data in a standardized, comparable format enables all actors in the value and supply chain to work together towards a circular economy
  • The digital product passport is a basis for reliable consumer information and sustainable consumption decisions in stationary as well as online retailing

Industry Sectors

  • Cross-sector data description

International Distribution

Sources

https://www.bmuv.de/digitalagenda/auf-einen-klick

Digital Nameplate

Connections to other Concepts

Short Description

  • The digital nameplate enables a user to obtain information about a product in a digital way. It is a human- and machine-readable identification
  • A QR code or RFID chip is intended to be used as the data medium
  • The Digital Nameplate includes all legally required information and labelling for the distribution, transport and safe use of the product in digital and standardized form
  • The minimum requirements, such as the manufacturer and product name, are still present in plain text on the conventional type plate
  • Conformity marks, such as the CE mark, will also remain visible
  • The digital nameplate contains all information of physical nameplates and may add further data
  • These include, for example:
    • Manufacturer name and address
    • Product name and type
    • Serial or batch number
    • Country of manufacture
    • Year of manufacture
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Facts and Figures

  • Development since 2018
  • DIN SPEC 91406, a standard for digital product identification that essentially corresponds to the digital type plate published at the end of 2019

Stakeholders

Use Cases

  • Save time and money: Immediate access to the latest documents is made possible.
  • No printing and logistics costs: A valid, manufacturer-independent standard according to DIN SPEC 91406.
  • It helps to protect our woodland and to reduce CO2 emissions
  • Independence of limitations in space (size of physical nameplate, dimensions/weight of printed documentation)
  • Worldwide availability: Documents in the respective national language, as well as the local certificates (CE, CCC, ...) are made available.
  • Easier updatability if new information is available
  • Sustainability: It saves resources and makes paper documentation superfluous.
  • Asset management

Industry Sectors

  • Cross-sector data description

International Distribution

Sources

  • https://www.plattform-i40.de/IP/Redaktion/DE/Kurzmeldungen/2020/2020-10-20-Digitales_Typenschild.html
  • https://ex-magazine.r-stahl.com/article/detail/das-digitale-typenschild-im-zeitalter-von-industrie-40