The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is on its way. But when will it become mandatory, what information will it need to contain, and what does it mean for your organisation?
These are questions many construction product manufacturers are asking. Not all the rules have been finalised yet, but there is plenty you can do to prepare. Our updated whitepaper explains where to start.
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) will make information about construction products digitally accessible. This includes technical performance, material composition, environmental impact, maintenance, and opportunities for reuse and recycling.
As a manufacturer, you probably already have much of this information available. For example, in your Declaration of Performance (DoP), product datasheets and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). The real challenge is bringing this information together, structuring it and keeping it up to date.
And it involves more than simply linking a QR code to a PDF. Product information must be reliable, digitally accessible and, where required, exchangeable between different systems.
For construction products, the DPP will be introduced in stages under the revised European Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The European Commission is aiming for the first mandatory requirements to take effect from 2028. However, this does not mean that every manufacturer will need to provide a DPP from that date.
Implementation depends on additional legislation and new technical specifications for individual product groups. Cement and binders are among the first groups in the standardisation process. Windows, doors, glass and insulation materials are expected to follow.
In our updated whitepaper, we outline the expected timeline and explain why the introduction of a new product standard does not automatically mean that a DPP becomes mandatory straight away.
You do not have to wait until every regulation has been finalised. In fact, good preparation does not start with new software. It starts with understanding the product information you already have.
Where do you manage technical specifications, certificates and installation instructions? Who is responsible for keeping this information up to date? And will you be able to demonstrate which information applied to a product supplied several years ago?
These questions matter beyond the DPP. After all, you use the same information for your website, product datasheets, specification services and customer advice.
At ZeeBoer, we help manufacturers organise their product information so they are ready for future requirements. We start by looking at the existing organisation and its product data. Only then do we determine what role a PIM solution, such as Utopis, or other software might play.
In ‘DPP: current developments and where to start’, we explain which developments construction product manufacturers should keep an eye on, which product groups are leading the way, and how you can use your existing product information as a starting point.
Request the new whitepaper on DPP and discover which steps make sense for your organisation.
