What a digital product passport (DPP) is
A digital product passport is a structured set of information about a specific product, available at a permanent address, usually through a QR code. It is introduced by the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, ESPR (EU) 2024/1781. The scope of data and the deadlines for individual product groups will be defined in delegated acts of the European Commission. Whatever the timeline, a company needs the same things: complete product data, materials, documents and certificates that can be checked, approved and shared without assembling files by hand.
What to expect from a DPP management tool
A good tool is more than a QR page generator. It should hold one product record with data, materials and suppliers, support industry-specific fields, run document and certificate reviews with deadlines and an assigned owner, block publication of incomplete products, keep a history of changes and decisions, give the team roles and permissions, and share data with other systems through an API. Without these, the passport quickly drifts away from reality.
How DPPC meets these requirements
In DPPC every product has a record with its identity (brand, model, SKU, GTIN, batch number), materials with share, mass, country of origin and recyclability, suppliers, PDF documents and certificates with expiry dates. Required and optional fields are defined for 12 industries. A readiness score shows what is missing, and a product can only be published once its data is complete. The team works in seven roles, from owner to auditor, with a change history and two-factor authentication.
Implementing a digital product passport step by step
Start by taking stock of your data: where product data, documents, certificates and supplier information live today. Then choose one category or collection for a pilot. Import products, materials and suppliers from CSV files using the templates, add documents and certificates, and review them. The readiness score shows the gaps in each product. After approval, publish the first passports and put the QR codes on your labels. Only then extend the process to further categories and connect your ERP or PIM system through the API.
Who in the company owns the product passport
A product passport is not a single-department project. Core data usually comes from the product team or the ERP, documents and certificates from quality and suppliers, and the decision to publish belongs to whoever is responsible for compliance. That is why roles and assignments matter in the tool: who fills in data, who reviews documents, who approves the product. In DPPC comments and tasks have an assignee and a due date, and every approval, rejection and publication is added to the product history.
DPP implementation: how working with DPPC looks
We start with a demo on a sample product from your industry to show the whole process: from data import, through document review, to a public passport with a QR code. Next we propose a pilot on one product category using your own data. Integrations with ERP, PIM or partner systems are built by your IT team or an integrator based on the API documentation. We tailor the offer to the number of products, users and the scope of integration, so we start with a conversation about what your data looks like today.