Regulatory Digital Product Passports as a Catalyst for U. S. Supply Chain Visibility
CONTENTS 1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 25
2 Regulatory drivers: ESPR, UNTP, and applicable standards............................................... 26 EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation( ESPR)............................................................. 26 UN Transparency Protocol( UNTP)............................................................................................... 27 SPDX 3.1, the OMG standards ecosystem, and the digital twin thread.......................................... 27 Analytical Framing...................................................................................................................... 30 Survey Methodology and Limitations........................................................................................... 30 Data Sources............................................................................................................................... 31 Scope of Assessment................................................................................................................... 31
3 Assessment Findings....................................................................................................... 31 Likelihood of DPP data existing at scale....................................................................................... 31 Where adoption concentrates first.............................................................................................. 32 Data differences.......................................................................................................................... 32 Adoption signals from the survey................................................................................................ 33 CBP trade facilitation as a carrot.................................................................................................. 33
4 Implications for Supply Chain Design & Management...................................................... 34 From tactical traceability to strategic, network-level visibility...................................................... 34 Digital twins, AI, and predictive risk analytics............................................................................... 34 Circularity, net zero, and sustainability reporting......................................................................... 35 4.1 Enterprise Use Case: Reducing Greenwashing Risk with DPP Evidence................................ 35 Access, aggregation, and governance challenges.......................................................................... 36
5 Design Recommendations............................................................................................... 36 6 Conclusion...................................................................................................................... 38 7 Glossary.......................................................................................................................... 38 8 References...................................................................................................................... 39
FIGURES
Figure 2-1: ACME Security Camera Supply Chain Meta-Graph( Strategic View)......................................... 28 Figure 2-2: SPDX 3.1 SupplyChain Profile Sub-Graph( Information View).................................................. 29
TABLES
Table 3-1: Summary of key findings and supply chain implications............................................................ 33
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