Raphael Schranz is an internationally certified expert in resource management and circular system design, specializing in helping companies reduce material dependency, eliminate waste-related costs, and unlock hidden value in residual streams.

With deep expertise in waste management, material flow optimization, reverse logistics, and circular business systems, Raphael works with industrial and production-oriented organizations to transform inefficiencies into measurable economic advantages.

His approach combines applied ISO 59000 frameworks with hands-on operational experience, enabling companies to design resilient resource loops, stabilize supply chains, and improve long-term profitability.

He has experiences with the Creation of a Blockchain-based, tokenized quality-audit trail for secondary raw material markets in Austria, Operational management of 70,000 tons of technical

and biological material flows (collection, transport, sorting, recovery, disposal), implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies, including IoT-based monitoring and automation and provided leadership of a fully automated, IoT-enabled resource collection center, among other experiences working on Austrian and European Standards Setting Committees.