Checklist for Digital Product Passports in Mechanical Engineering - Is Your Product Data DPP-Ready?

The digital product passport presents new challenges for companies in the mechanical engineering sector: in the future, product information must be provided in a structured, interconnected, and machine-readable format. In practice, however, relevant data is often scattered across different systems, documents, and departments. As a result, it is often difficult to determine whether the existing database is already suitable for the digital product passport.

Our checklist provides your company with an initial assessment of its DPP readiness. Through 15 questions, you can evaluate how well your product data is currently organized—from transparency regarding data sources, structure, and data quality, to integration and availability for digital applications.

The checklist helps identify data gaps, pinpoint areas for improvement, and plan the next steps more effectively. It is ideal as a starting point for an internal assessment or as a basis for discussions between business units, IT, service, product management, and technical documentation.