Which product group?
Which products could be affected by DPP or adjacent requirements, and when?
Clarity instead of overloadWe need to act.
We need to act.
But where do we start?
The Digital Product Passport can feel like a maze of goals, standards, data, systems and new obligations. We do not promise a five-minute solution. We create clarity together so you can make the right decisions.
For companies that do not want to wait for the next obligation, but want to be prepared and stay ahead of change.
Where do you stand?
8 questions for your company.
Before selecting software or starting a major project, clarify relevance, data readiness and business value. These eight questions provide a practical starting point.
What do customers ask for today?
Which product, material, sustainability or evidence data is already being requested?
Where is the data?
ERP, PDM/PLM, PIM, CMS/DMS, Excel, PDF – or still in people’s heads and emails?
Who owns it?
Who creates, validates, maintains and approves product and sustainability data?
Which evidence is missing?
Where are the gaps in origin, materials, PCF, repair, compliance or supply-chain information?
What can be reused?
Which data can also support service, sales, AI, audits and circularity?
Which pilot product fits?
Which manageable product can test the path quickly and realistically?
What is the business case?
Where can time, cost and risk be reduced – or new services and revenue created beyond compliance?
Answer the 8 questions with us.
Then you will know whether you need to act at all – and, if so, where to start.
Company-wide project
Who needs to be at the table?
The DPP is not owned by a single department. Management sets direction and priority – data and processes are created across the company.
EngineeringPurchasing & suppliersProductionQuality & compliance
ManagementDPP & data clarity
SustainabilityIT & data managementTechnical documentationService & sales
Management view
What do you gain?
Good data clarity should be visible in the business – in speed, cost, quality and new opportunities.
Audit-readiness time
Provide reliable evidence faster.
Cost per compliance report
Reduce manual compilation and duplicate work.
Decision cycles
Reliable data accelerates decisions.
Data quality & traceability
Clear sources, ownership and versions.
Service & revenue potential
Reuse data for service, AI, refurbishment and new offerings.
Neutral guidance. Understand together. Decide with purpose.
At the Academy of Communication, we do not start with a tool. We start with your company: your products, data, customers, supply chains and goals.
1
What really affects us?
We assess requirements, customer expectations and industry pressure. Not everything applies immediately – but much of it requires preparation.
2
What do we already have?
Product data, documents, evidence, ERP, PDM, CMS, Excel and supplier data: often more exists than expected – it is simply not connected.
3
What is still missing?
We identify gaps: what needs to be sourced, structured, calculated, connected or clarified organisationally?
No product passport is created in a single system.
A DPP connects many stakeholders across the lifecycle. That is why it is not simply an IT project, but a data, process and business-model project.
Understand
Starting point and goals
Which products, markets, customer requirements and risks are relevant?
Structure
Data and ownership
Where is data created, who owns it and how reliable is it?
Decide
Pilot, systems and value
What can be tested pragmatically and what business case emerges?
“Putting your head in the sand and blaming the EU will not move anyone forward. Clarity will.”
It costs money. But it can create much more than compliance.
Companies that structure product data today can accelerate processes, serve customers better and create new offerings tomorrow.
✓
Less searching and duplicate work
Information no longer needs to be manually collected again and again.
✓
Better evidence and faster answers
Customers, market surveillance, service teams and supply chains receive reliable information.
✓
New services and revenue streams
Lifecycle services, repair, spare parts, digital value-add and data-driven offerings become possible.
Answer the 8 questions with us.
In 30 minutes, we assess relevance, data readiness and the next step together. Afterwards, you will know more clearly whether you need to act – and, if so, where to begin.
This conversation is for companies that genuinely want to get started. If you fundamentally do not want to change anything, you do not need a meeting.