Most supply chain executives are already preparing for the EU’s 2027 Digital Product Passport (DPP) deadlines. In fact, 81% report allocating a dedicated budget toward compliance, and 52% say implementation is underway or nearing completion.
However, only 49% of supply chain executives say at least half of their Tier 1 suppliers can provide DPP-compliant data by 2027, according to Tradeverifyd data.
Key takeaways:
- Only 54% of supply chain executives say at least half of their Tier 1 suppliers can provide DPP-compliant data by 2027. Full compliance will ultimately require verified data across both direct and upstream suppliers.
- 69% of supply chain executives say their compliance or supply teams spend 11-plus hours each week translating supplier data for regulatory submissions.
- 21% of supply chain executives say real-time visibility into disruptions is their single biggest blind spot, followed by 18% who cite uncertainty about which suppliers pose the greatest regulatory or compliance risk.
Despite active planning efforts, nearly half (48%) of supply chain executives say their organizations have not yet reached the implementation stage of DPP readiness, and 12% report limited awareness of requirements or only early research activity.
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· Only one-third (34%) of supply chain executives say their organizations can trace material origin all the way to Tier 4 — the raw material or extraction point — or achieve full end-to-end traceability. That leaves two-thirds of supply chains with meaningful blind spots at or before the raw-material layer.
· Only 2% of respondents say they can't trace beyond Tier 1 at all.
· Only 54% of respondents say at least half of their Tier 1 suppliers have confirmed they can provide DPP-compliant data by 2027.
· 27% of supply chain executives say IT and systems integration issues are the primary barrier to DPP readiness. Only 19% cite unclear regulatory expectations as the biggest obstacle.
· Manual data processing continues to slow readiness efforts as well. 69% of respondents report spending at least 11 hours each week translating supplier spreadsheets, PDFs, or unstructured documentation into standardized formats suitable for regulatory submission.
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· Only 11% say their organizations operate fully integrated workflows that eliminate this translation effort entirely. That’s more than a full workday each week devoted to formatting supplier data rather than advancing compliance readiness, highlighting persistent documentation problems across supplier ecosystems.
- 39% of supply chain executives say recent tariff and trade developments significantly or extremely complicate their DPP planning.
