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Digital Product Passport software
DPP software helps create, publish, control and maintain product passports. The right capability set depends on your product rules, identity granularity, source systems, supplier dependencies and operating responsibilities.
What a platform may need to do
| Capability | Buyer need | Proof to request |
|---|---|---|
| Product identity | Model, batch or item relationships and persistent references | Create a real variant and prevent duplicate identities. |
| Data integration | Connect authoritative records without manual duplication | Run a source change through a documented API. |
| Supplier collaboration | Request, validate and correct external evidence | Demonstrate an exception and approval workflow. |
| Validation | Check fields, units, conditions and provenance | Show rule configuration and rejected records. |
| Carriers and access | Reach the right view from a physical product | Scan a real sample and test different roles. |
| Interoperability | Exchange structured data beyond the platform | Use an independent API client and documented export. |
| Lifecycle management | Track updates, history and availability | Correct a record and retrieve its earlier evidence. |
| Security and governance | Control access and maintain auditability | Demonstrate tenant boundaries and write permissions. |
| Continuity and portability | Recover and change providers | Restore a backup and migrate a sample. |
Add reporting, rule-change workflows and retention features where needed. Capability names alone do not prove that the product supports your required semantics.
Platform, components or a hybrid?
| Approach | When to investigate | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Managed DPP platform | A shared publishing and governance layer is needed | Faster assembly may bring provider dependency and usage fees. |
| Integrated components | Strong internal architecture and operational capacity exist | More control requires integration and continuity ownership. |
| Hybrid | Existing systems remain authoritative with managed access | Interfaces and responsibility boundaries must be explicit. |
The lowest licence quote is not necessarily the lowest programme cost. Include source cleanup, supplier onboarding, integration, label changes and continuing operation.
Questions before requesting demonstrations
- Which products, markets and operator roles are in scope?
- How many models, batches, individual items and updates will exist?
- Which systems own the required data and how reliable is it?
- Which actors require protected access or write privileges?
- What evidence must be preserved, and for how long?
- Who will operate the service and handle provider failure?
Answering these questions makes vendor demonstrations comparable. Send the same scenarios and require bidders to distinguish live functionality, configuration, custom work and roadmap items.
No platform shortlist without evidence
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Sources for this guide
Reviewed 4 October 2026. Check the current legal text and applicable product measures before acting.