The year 2024 marks a decisive step for the Bali Chair, which continues its commitment to sustainable and circular fashion. In collaboration with its partners, it continues to explore innovative solutions aimed at transforming the textile industry in the face of current environmental and economic challenges.
One of the central pillars for E-SCM was the presentation of the research work carried out for 3 years on the development of the digital product passport (PNP) with the European Parliament. It stands out as a key tool to guarantee traceability and transparency through the entire textile value chain.
“We are at the heart of business issues in the sector. The centralization and collection of data throughout the process allows us to reposition operational data at the service of fashion companies. "Says Patrick Bourg, Director of Operations at E-SCM Solutions.
Today, work on the traceability of the supply chain is taking a new turn. In a context marked by multiple tensions on the price of materials and their availability on the one hand, and tensions on purchasing power on the other hand, brands are faced with major issues of strategic and operational performance. Well beyond its interest in matters of sustainability, traceability now takes up its districts at the heart of the reactor of the textile industry to improve, by data, operational piloting and optimize economic performance. A real decision -making tool, the centralization of operational data is at the crossroads of all the challenges and all solutions.
In this interview (p.44), Patrick Bourg, director of operations at E-SCM Solutions, stresses that traceability , made compulsory by Agec law, is essential to guarantee the transparency of brands towards consumers. He insists that data collection must cover the entire supply chain, far beyond the environmental label.
By centralizing this information in digital tools, companies can not only meet regulatory requirements, but also improve their operational performance . Traceability thus becomes a lever for competitiveness, making it possible to better anticipate problems and make strategic decisions, while optimizing the supply chain.
In 2023, the European Parliament requested a study, through the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), concerning the PNP for textile products. Prof. Jérémy Legardeur (Chair Bali-Estia) and Pantxika Ospital, Doctor of the Bali Chair with his thesis on the subject of the PNP and specialist traceability within E-SCM, answered the call.
Carried out within the framework of the European Union strategy for sustainable and circular textiles, the study examines the potential, the needs, the advantages and the challenges linked to the deployment of the PNP for all the stakeholders in the value chain European textile sector.
Expert for almost 20 years in the fashion and luxury sector, E-SCM supports brands in their digital transformation in the service of a more agile and efficient but more traceable supply chain It is in this context that the traceability module has been developed to make it possible to map all of the processes from the manufacture of component or raw materials to the finished product delivered to the warehouse.
“reference and supplier” information sheets and thus a digital product product for precise monitoring of product data at the finest level and all over the supply chain.
Supported by the research of Pantxika Ospital in writing her thesis “Favor circularity and traceability in the field of fashion and textiles: Proposal for the digital product passport (PNP) to achieve product transparency”, E-SCM Solutions offers you its expertise to respond to regulations and consumption developments.
The Bali Chair continues to be a key player in the transformation of the textile industry. Between academic research, technological innovations and support for businesses, it plays a major role in building sustainable and responsible fashion.
We are on the way to a fashion where traceability and circularity become the new standards.
