The new functionality enables brands to create, govern, and publish DPP using the product, supplier, quality, and certification data managed within DeSL PLM.

As DPP requirements continue to develop, brands face the challenge of bringing together product information, material and supplier data, certifications, quality records and supporting documentation from across the supply chain. DeSL’s approach uses PLM as the foundation for managing and governing that information throughout the product lifecycle.

Rather than creating a separate static record, DeSL generates each passport from the current approved information held within the platform. This allows information presented to consumers, retail partners and other stakeholders to remain connected to its underlying product and supplier records, including version history and approvals.

“Digital Product Passports are fundamentally a data and governance challenge,” said Colin Marks, CEO of DeSL. “Brands need to understand where information comes from, how it has been maintained and what evidence supports it. By building DPP capabilities into PLM, that information can be managed as part of the product lifecycle and used to create passports when and where they are needed.”

DPP can be generated at the appropriate product level and made available through QR codes, portals, retail systems and open APIs. Different information can be presented according to the intended audience while remaining connected to the same governed product record.