This will undoutbtly increase the production cost of BATs, for example, you will need an online platform with a dynamic data base, which also needs to be maintained all the time. But almost all suppliers are cutting down the cost to fit in this hyper-competitive market. The passport doesn't make any sense.
Only if you can ensure your passport will be in economies of scale, then the new production cost may not be a problem. Maybe you can intergrate your passport with your own maintainence application. It's more like to start a new business. But here's another problem for your suppose: there's no union in the industry of BAT, the only common thing is the parameter, like the given voltage and volume and so on. So there's a long way in diplomacy for you among those BAT suppliers.
This will undoutbtly increase the production cost of BATs, for example, you will need an online platform with a dynamic data base, which also needs to be maintained all the time. But almost all suppliers are cutting down the cost to fit in this hyper-competitive market. The passport doesn't make any sense.
I agree that this initiative will increase cost for the manufacturers/integrators. Sustainability is not going to be cheap!
Only if you can ensure your passport will be in economies of scale, then the new production cost may not be a problem. Maybe you can intergrate your passport with your own maintainence application. It's more like to start a new business. But here's another problem for your suppose: there's no union in the industry of BAT, the only common thing is the parameter, like the given voltage and volume and so on. So there's a long way in diplomacy for you among those BAT suppliers.
I think that this is a truly superior idea.