Pragmatic DPP onboarding
Battery passport without a major IT project: comply first, automate later
Yes, you're late. From 18 February 2027, every LMT battery, industrial battery above 2 kWh and EV battery placed on the EU market needs a battery passport under Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. Even so, many manufacturers come out of our battery passport workshop four weeks later with a first passport running on real product data and a clear path to compliance: no rushed decisions, no vendor lock-in, and nothing that blocks automation later on.
What dozens of workshops boiled down to
If you need a battery passport now, you don't need a lecture on DPP infrastructure and value-add strategies. You require a passport that's available for every battery come February and a production line that keeps running while you get there.
That's what we've shaped the workshop around over the past two years. After dozens of runs, it has become leaner, not bigger. What's left are 24 decisions to settle before implementation and before choosing a provider. Each one comes from a project where it would have turned expensive later. A few examples: What happens to your passports once you stop placing new batteries on the market? How do you switch providers without rebuilding every passport? What if your domain changes? Who prints nameplates with QR codes when partners handle assembly? Which of these matter depends heavily on the battery category. An e-bike pack raises different questions than a stationary storage system.
Most customers start with the smallest effort that gets them compliant. We think that's the right call, as long as the decisions don't block automation and added value further down the line. That's precisely what the 24 decisions are for. Added value is a better conversation once the system is running.
André Simmert, Managing Director
Manual first, automation second
The real work rarely sits in the software. It sits in coordination with cell, module, and pack suppliers and with your production. Where an interface would take weeks, we start with an import or an input form. If you build a few hundred batteries a year, full automation often costs more time than it saves. Day-to-day operation shows where automation pays off, and that's where we add it. It gets easiest when your supplier already uses SecIdent: their data flows straight into your passport; no re-keying is required.
We've stopped using the word "prototype." Too frequently it means a demo that's still a long way from a real passport. Our workshop ends with a first passport on real data. For smaller manufacturers, that very passport went live right afterward.
We're strict about timing: four weeks, eight at most. Decision-makers sit at the table, and the homework between sessions gets done.
Our workshop promise: with or without SecIdent
The workshop is vendor-neutral, and we mean that literally. The 24 decisions and the roadmap are yours and work with any provider. Worst case, you walk away after four weeks knowing exactly what you need and implement it elsewhere. If you've gotten stuck with an in-house build or another provider, you'll get a sober assessment, even if it comes down to: stay where you are and change three things.
To be upfront: SecIdent is a battery passport solution itself. If you go on to implement or migrate with us, we credit 50% of the workshop fee. And if you realize after the kickoff that it's not a fit, you can leave and pay for the kickoff only.
SecIdent provides digital product identities for regulated markets, including battery passports under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 with a digital nameplate. Because the regulation requires passport data to be transferable without vendor lock-in, all of it can be exported in full at any time. The platform is ISO 27001 certified and developed and operated entirely in Europe.
