When Data Creates Trust: The Quality Infrastructure Behind Codes and Digital Product Passports

The Challenge and Promise of QI Interoperabilit The digital transformation (DT) is revolutionizing the very foundations of quality infrastructure (QI), ushering in a new era of data-driven trust. In recent years, organizations across standardization, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment have advanced a remarkable digitization agenda, from machine-readable standards and digital calibration certificates to remote auditing […]

New frontiers in quality infrastructure research

Quality infrastructure refers to the technical institutions that support global trade while ensuring that consumers can purchase safe, healthy and high-quality products and services. In recent years, scientific interest in quality infrastructure has grown continuously. This is confirmed by a look at the Google Scholar results from 1997 to 2024. Figure 1: Publications on Quality […]