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Insights on EU Digital Product Passport compliance, ESPR regulations, and supply chain transparency.

20 May 2026

ESPR 2027 textiles timeline: what's confirmed, what's not

The ESPR textiles timeline for 2027-2028: confirmed milestones, expected dates, and what's still uncertain for Digital Product Passport compliance.

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20 May 2026

DPP vs EPD vs PEF: what's the difference and which do you need?

DPP, EPD, and PEF compared: what each framework covers, which are mandatory, and how they fit together for EU product compliance.

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7 May 2026

Building DPP Pages: From Product Data to Public Compliance

How to build compliant DPP pages: the four-step pipeline from source systems to a live, regulator-ready Digital Product Passport endpoint.

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30 April 2026

DPP Data Requirements: What Information You Need to Collect

The complete DPP data requirements breakdown: what you need to collect, where each data point comes from, and how GS1 standards structure it.

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28 April 2026

How to Prepare for Digital Product Passport Compliance

ESPR enforcement begins mid-2027 with no grace period. A four-phase DPP compliance programme to go from fragmented product data to regulator-ready.

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28 April 2026

DPP requirements for textiles and apparel: what you need to know

EU textile DPP requirements: the data fields your Delegated Act passport needs, enforcement timelines for 2027, and a practical preparation checklist.

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17 April 2026

Demystifying the GS1 Digital Link: How It Works and Why You Need It

GS1 Digital Link encodes supply chain data into a web URI that works at POS checkout and as a smart packaging gateway. Covers Sunrise 2027 readiness.

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1 April 2026

EPCIS AI Chat: how Aura moved from ChatGPT to Gemini

How Aura built conversational AI for EPCIS supply chain data — the real journey from ChatGPT function calls to RAG to Gemini's 1M-token window.

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21 March 2026

What is a Digital Product Passport? The complete guide

A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is an EU-mandated record of a product's materials, origins, and compliance data. Guide to ESPR requirements.

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21 March 2026

Using AI for DPP compliance: from spreadsheets to passports in 60 days

How mid-market brands can use AI to collect supplier data, validate compliance, and publish Digital Product Passports in 60 days instead of 12 months.

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16 March 2026

AI for supply chain data: why standards matter more than models

Why supply chain AI needs EPCIS events and GS1 vocabulary to deliver real answers — and what standards-aware analysis looks like in practice.

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28 August 2025

The anatomy of a DPP solution based on GS1 standards

The five technical building blocks of a GS1-based DPP solution: identifiers, resolver, data carrier, event capture, and credential signing.

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17 February 2025

What are Digital Product Passports at model, batch and item level?

Model, batch, and item-level DPPs explained: how ESPR defines each granularity level, when each applies, and what it means for your compliance scope.

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11 November 2024

What is GS1 EPCIS 2.0? An in-depth guide

GS1 EPCIS 2.0 is the open standard for capturing and sharing supply chain event data. This guide covers the data model, event types, APIs, and real-world usage.

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31 October 2024

What is GS1 Digital Link? An in-depth guide

GS1 Digital Link turns product identifiers into web URIs, connecting QR codes to DPP data, supply chain systems, and consumer experiences.

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