Surge provides FRONT, a cloud-based supply chain data management and traceability platform (built on Hyperledger Fabric) for apparel, footwear and eyewear brands, enabling secure cross-company collaboration, compliance and product transparency.
Circularity Relevance
Supporting
FRONT provides traceability, transparency and compliance capabilities that indirectly support circular strategies (e.g. reuse, recycling) but is not itself a resale/repair/refurbishment marketplace - therefore classified as Supporting Source: Surge, 2024.
Circular Role
SupportEnabler
FRONT is a software platform integrated with client ERP/PLM and third-party services, providing tools for brands and their supply chains rather than directly handling physical product flows Source: Surge, 2024.
Circular Type
Traceability
• Digital Product Passports (DPPs)
FRONT is described as a data management and traceability platform that aggregates product and supply-chain level data to create a single source of truth - matching Traceability / Digital Product Passport use-cases. It uses Hyperledger Fabric for secure shared ledgers Source: Surge, 2024.
R Strategy
R3 - Reuse, R8 - Recycle, R4 - Repair
Traceability primarily enables reuse/redistribution (R3) by proving provenance and product history; it also supports recycling (R8) and repair (R4). These are inferred from platform capabilities rather than explicitly stated as product functions on the site, so confidence is low Source: Surge, 2024.
Circular Business Model
Unknown
Surge is a SaaS traceability provider that supports circular business models for customers but does not itself operate resale, repair, or take-back services (no explicit circular business model stated on the site) Source: Surge, 2024.
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Legal name shown as 'Surge srl' with Italian VAT number on the website (private limited company) Source: Surge, 2024.
Sector
Fashion & Textiles
Surge explicitly targets Apparel, Eyewear and Footwear industries on its website Source: Surge, 2024.
Geographical Reach
International
• Italy
Website states 'hundreds of users and companies across the world' indicating multi-country operations; corroborating independent sources are limited Source: Surge, 2024.
Hardware Component
None
Surge offers a cloud SaaS platform (FRONT) and blockchain framework (Hyperledger Fabric). No specialised hardware supply or deployment is described on the website Source: Surge, 2024.
Tech Map Relevance
Surge provides a blockchain-based traceability SaaS (FRONT) targeted at the fashion industry which supports circular outcomes (transparency, compliance, product data) and is relevant to the Circular Tech Map Source: Surge, 2024. Confidence Medium because relevance is evident on the company site but independent circular-economy specific references are limited.
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