Seamless Source

DPP is not something you “add later.”

There’s still this thinking:

“We’ll deal with Digital Product Passports when the time comes.”

But here’s the reality.

DPP is coming. Whether you prioritise it now or not.

2027 isn’t far away.

And it’s not a feature you can switch on.

It’s the result of:

structured data
connected systems
full traceability

If your data today is:

scattered
incomplete
manually managed

You can’t just “add DPP.”

Because DPP doesn’t create structure.

It exposes whether you already have it.

That’s the part many teams are starting to realise.

This isn’t just a compliance task.

The companies getting ahead aren’t waiting for the deadline.
They’re fixing the foundation now.

Because once 2027 hits,

it’s not about planning anymore.

It’s about whether you’re ready or not.

If DPP was required tomorrow, how ready would you be?

We’ve seen a pattern across PPE businesses implementing a Product Information Management (PIM).

At first, it works exactly as expected.

Product names, descriptions, images all structured in one place.

A clear step up from spreadsheets and scattered files.

But over time, something starts to happen.

Questions come up:

Where is the latest EN388 test result❓
Is this certification still valid❓
Which version of the document is correct❓

And the answers aren’t always inside the system.

Because most PIM systems are built to manage product information.

Not to manage:

Certification validity
Compliance requirements
Technical standards
Product level traceability

So teams adapt.

They check compliance manually.
They store critical data outside the system.
They fix issues after information is already published.

At that point, the system is still there.

But it’s no longer where decisions happen.

This is where the gap becomes clear.

Not a lack of tools.

But systems that don’t fully understand the product they’re managing.

When the system is built around PPE:

Certifications are linked directly to products
Invalid data doesn’t get through
Compliance becomes part of the workflow, not a separate task

That’s when operations start to change.

We’ve been building towards this with a PPE Operating System, designed around how PPE products actually work day to day.

We’ll be at the Health & Safety Event on April 28 - 30.

If you’re around, feel free to drop a comment, happy to show how this works in practice.

Great to have Chathura Sudharshan at Parliament this week, representing Seamless Source as part of UK Tech Week.

Joining the roundtable hosted by Startup Coalition, the conversation brought together founders and policymakers to unpack the real challenges shaping the UK startup ecosystem from funding gaps and scaling barriers to procurement hurdles, regulatory friction, and the need for a clearer long term vision.

What became clear quickly is how interconnected these challenges are.
From our perspective at Seamless Source, Chathura steered the discussion toward a recurring theme across industries: data and digitalisation, along with an introduction to Seamless Source.

At Seamless Source, we believe behind compliance, global trade, and regulation… there’s one consistent issue:

Disconnected product data.

Digital product passports are one way forward helping businesses structure supply chain data, improve transparency, and stay ahead of evolving regulatory expectations.

A big thank you to Victoria Collins MP (Liberal Democrats’ Spokesperson for Science, Innovation and Technology), Stuart Clarke MBE, Vira Veselukha, Vinous Ali and Marcus Foster for facilitating such a valuable discussion and bringing together a diverse set of perspectives.

Amazing to meet and talk with a set of interesting businesses all across the UK.

Andrew Williams, Andrew Smythe, Rajeshwari Iyer, Ryan Bransome, Adam Amos, Rohith Devanathan, Paul Hallett, Zara Ransley, Jack Stenson, Kevin Sefton

Encouraging to see these conversations shaping more practical, founder-informed policy direction.