Inspectorio, which provides AI-powered supply chain solutions, and Eon, a digital ID technology company, have partnered to help brands and retailers create and roll out Digital Product Passports at scale.
The two companies said the partnership links two key parts of the DPP ecosystem. Inspectorio supplies the product, material, supplier, traceability, compliance and sustainability data needed to populate a passport, while Eon creates and manages the serialized digital ID tied to each product and powers the digital experience for sharing that information with consumers, regulators, circular partners and others in the value chain.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
At the center of the partnership is a direct integration between Inspectorio's platform and Eon's product cloud, which the companies said will let product and supply chain information flow straight into Eon, cutting the need for brands to manually gather, move and maintain data across separate systems.
Kamal Anand, Inspectorio's chief product and technology officer, described deploying DPPs as a data challenge, saying brands need to collect, validate and connect information across products, materials, suppliers, facilities and multiple supply chain tiers. He said the tie-up brings together the supply chain data infrastructure and digital ID technology brands need to move from DPP pilots to scalable, operational programs.
Natasha Franck, founder and CEO of Eon, said DPPs represent a new infrastructure layer connecting physical products to trusted digital information throughout their lifecycle. She said brands need the digital ID connected to high-quality supply chain data to implement DPPs at scale, and that the partnership makes that connection seamless.
The companies said working together can help brands shift from manually assembled DPP pilots toward integrated programs capable of supporting millions of products and complex global supply chains.
Deploying DPPs is already creating difficulties for apparel brands and retailers, bringing logistical, technical and financial challenges. Because the fashion supply chain is fragmented and opaque, moving to full transparency by the mandatory 2028/29 deadline will require reworking how garments are made and tracked. Most brands deal directly only with Tier 1 finished-garment factories, and gathering audited data from Tier 2 fabric mills, Tier 3 yarn spinners and Tier 4 raw material farms is extremely difficult. Global fashion also leans heavily on third-party sourcing agents who often protect supplier identities as proprietary business secrets, creating a barrier to transparency.
Originally reported by WWD