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_id: '66548'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "The Circular Economy is considered a key approach to addressing resource
    scarcity, rising raw material prices, and the need for more resilient value chains.
    However, its practical implementation is often hindered by the lack of suitable
    and standardized metrics, as well as by high requirements for horizontal and vertical
    data integration. This white paper illustrates, through selected Manufacturing-X
    projects, how federated data ecosystems can help establish Circular Economy metrics
    as an effective management instrument for growth, margin protection, and resilience.\r\nBased
    on literature, industrial practice, and demonstrators, Circular Economy metrics
    are structured into four groups: overarching assessment approaches, disassembly-related
    indicators, lifetime-oriented metrics, and end-of-life and recycling-focused indicators.
    Use cases from Construct-X, Decide4ECO, Fluid 4.0, Chem-X, and other Manufacturing-X
    initiatives demonstrate the benefits of data-driven approaches for product, component,
    and material loops. At the same time, they reveal a current lack of interoperable,
    cross-industry standards for both metrics and data models.\r\nThe white paper
    concludes that data ecosystems such as Manufacturing-X are a key enabler for scaling
    circular business models. In particular, shared cross-sector frameworks for metrics,
    standardized information models based for example on the Asset Administration
    Shell, and the integration of circular metrics into existing systems and processes
    are essential. The work presented therefore marks an important step toward a data-driven
    and economically viable Circular Economy."
author:
- first_name: Jens
  full_name: Pottebaum, Jens
  id: '405'
  last_name: Pottebaum
  orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8778-2989
- first_name: Katrin
  full_name: Dietrich, Katrin
  last_name: Dietrich
- first_name: Lara
  full_name: Schmidt, Lara
  last_name: Schmidt
- first_name: Mostafa
  full_name: Biglari, Mostafa
  last_name: Biglari
- first_name: Michael-Georg
  full_name: Schmidt, Michael-Georg
  last_name: Schmidt
- first_name: Alessandro
  full_name: Pistillo, Alessandro
  last_name: Pistillo
- first_name: Nadja
  full_name: Gravina, Nadja
  last_name: Gravina
- first_name: Franziska
  full_name: Schmidt, Franziska
  last_name: Schmidt
citation:
  ama: Pottebaum J, Dietrich K, Schmidt L, et al. <i>Understanding the Value of Data
    Ecosystems for Circular Economy Metrics</i>. Manufacturing-X Guidance Board; 2026.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382">10.24406/PUBLICA-9382</a>
  apa: Pottebaum, J., Dietrich, K., Schmidt, L., Biglari, M., Schmidt, M.-G., Pistillo,
    A., Gravina, N., &#38; Schmidt, F. (2026). <i>Understanding the Value of Data
    Ecosystems for Circular Economy Metrics</i>. Manufacturing-X Guidance Board. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382">https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382</a>
  bibtex: '@book{Pottebaum_Dietrich_Schmidt_Biglari_Schmidt_Pistillo_Gravina_Schmidt_2026,
    place={Berlin}, title={Understanding the Value of Data Ecosystems for Circular
    Economy Metrics}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382">10.24406/PUBLICA-9382</a>},
    publisher={Manufacturing-X Guidance Board}, author={Pottebaum, Jens and Dietrich,
    Katrin and Schmidt, Lara and Biglari, Mostafa and Schmidt, Michael-Georg and Pistillo,
    Alessandro and Gravina, Nadja and Schmidt, Franziska}, year={2026} }'
  chicago: 'Pottebaum, Jens, Katrin Dietrich, Lara Schmidt, Mostafa Biglari, Michael-Georg
    Schmidt, Alessandro Pistillo, Nadja Gravina, and Franziska Schmidt. <i>Understanding
    the Value of Data Ecosystems for Circular Economy Metrics</i>. Berlin: Manufacturing-X
    Guidance Board, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382">https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382</a>.'
  ieee: 'J. Pottebaum <i>et al.</i>, <i>Understanding the Value of Data Ecosystems
    for Circular Economy Metrics</i>. Berlin: Manufacturing-X Guidance Board, 2026.'
  mla: Pottebaum, Jens, et al. <i>Understanding the Value of Data Ecosystems for Circular
    Economy Metrics</i>. Manufacturing-X Guidance Board, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.24406/PUBLICA-9382">10.24406/PUBLICA-9382</a>.
  short: J. Pottebaum, K. Dietrich, L. Schmidt, M. Biglari, M.-G. Schmidt, A. Pistillo,
    N. Gravina, F. Schmidt, Understanding the Value of Data Ecosystems for Circular
    Economy Metrics, Manufacturing-X Guidance Board, Berlin, 2026.
date_created: 2026-07-20T19:06:41Z
date_updated: 2026-07-20T19:13:06Z
department:
- _id: '152'
doi: 10.24406/PUBLICA-9382
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- Circular Economy
- Circular Economy Metrics
- Manufacturing-X
- Data Ecosystems
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
place: Berlin
publication_status: published
publisher: Manufacturing-X Guidance Board
status: public
title: Understanding the Value of Data Ecosystems for Circular Economy Metrics
type: report
user_id: '405'
year: '2026'
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