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How it works
How a product gets an ID, what is recorded, and what maker, chain partners and owner do with it. By topic, in plain language.
The ID
How does a product get an ID?
The product gets an ID that is physically attached to it: a chip or tag (NFC or QR), or a feature in security print like on banknotes. Unique, and inseparable from the product.
Which means do you use?
Security print, chips and tags (NFC and QR) and registration on the blockchain. Which one fits depends on the product: a note asks for something different than a machine.
Which means fits my product?
That depends on the product, its value and how it is used. We choose it together in the Quick Scan.
The register
What is recorded?
The ID and every handover in the chain are registered on the blockchain. What is recorded stays recorded, and every party reads the same record.
Why the blockchain?
The blockchain is a shared register that all parties read at the same time, and in which recorded data stays in place. That puts every party on equal footing: the truth lives in the register, shared by all.
The owner
How does someone become the owner?
The buyer scans the product and registers it in their name. From then on, the owner can prove authenticity and ownership, and gets service, benefits and an easy resale with it. Whether the owner comes forward is their own decision.
What happens on resale?
The seller transfers the product in the register; the buyer registers it in their name. The history of the item travels with it.
Standards
Where does the Digital Product Passport come in?
With the Digital Product Passport (DPP), Europe is creating a standard for product information that everyone can use: required for some product groups, valuable for all. The PROxID product ID is the foundation for it: the passport is the first application of the ID.
What it delivers
What does it deliver?
Every product ID delivers demonstrable value to maker, chain partners and owner: in money, in certainty, or in a relationship that continues after the sale.
Glossary
- Product ID
- The unique identity of a single item, firmly tied to the product. ID for short.
- Tag
- A small label or chip on or in the product that carries the ID.
- NFC
- A chip you read by holding your phone against it.
- QR
- A code you scan with your phone's camera.
- Security print
- Print with features that are hard to copy, like on banknotes.
- Register
- Where the ID and every handover are recorded.
- Blockchain
- A shared register that all parties read and in which data stays in place.
- Digital Product Passport
- The European standard for product information (DPP).
- Claim
- Registering a product in your name as its owner.
What could an ID deliver for your product?
Tell us which product it is and who is in your supply chain. We'll show you what a product ID delivers for you and the owner.