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Mid-term: Consortium of the "DiPP" project meets in Lemgo

DiPP: Milestone meeting at the Innovation Campus Lemgo

DiPP consortium at the milestone meeting at the "CinITo" coffee bar demonstrator at CIIT.

Even though many research projects now mainly take place virtually, regular face-to-face meetings are still the best way to present results and gather new ideas. For this reason, the consortium of the "Digital Product Passport for Secure Information Exchange in the Supply Chain - DiPP" project came together on 28 November 2024 in Lemgo at the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) of the Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH OWL) for the semi-annual milestone meeting.

The project is investigating the application potential of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) in the field of automated quality management. The aim is to optimise the business relationship between participants in the supply chain, e.g. machine manufacturers and operators, by providing a tamper-proof quality certificate. This certificate is also to be made available to the consumer in a Digital Product Passport.

Presentation of current research results

The main focus of the project meeting was on current concepts and implementations for realising the DPP as part of an automated quality inspection process. Consistent semantic interoperability is the core challenge here. "The aim is to ensure that information will be clearly understood by all players along the supply chain. This is the only way to fully exploit the potential of the DPP," reports Philip Sehr, who is coordinating the work as research associate in the project. The administration shell is a key technology for this due to its flexibility and its dissemination in the context of the DPP. Prof. Dr. Henning Trsek's research group is working closely with the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance in the context of DPP. This allows concepts from research to be synchronised with current approaches and requirements from industry from an early stage.

In the DiPP project, students also have the opportunity to supplement the project with final theses. For example, one final thesis is investigating the possibilities of securing information stored within the DPP by distributed ledger technology.

Exploitation of results on the "CinITo" coffee bar demonstrator

In parallel to the research work, developments are being carried out on the "CinITo" coffee bar demonstrator to ensure that the results are successfully utilised. This work is also supported by students in order to familiarise them with current technology trends in a practical application. The "CinITo" robot, which is located in the atrium of the CENTRUM INDUSTRIAL IT (CIIT), is a good point of contact for anyone interested in the topic of Digital Product Passports. 

The DiPP project has just reached its mid-term. After the milestone meeting, the researchers at inIT and the partner companies were optimistic about future project results. "The entire consortium in the project is very committed. This intensifies the collaboration and motivates our team to put ideas into practice," adds Natalia Moriz, group leader of the Interconnected Automation Systems research group under Prof. Dr. Henning Trsek.