Date: 2026-04-10; DB: Scopus; Query: IIQ9. TITLE-ABS-KEY(((SME* OR “small and medium*” OR “small firm*”) AND (fashion OR textile* OR apparel) AND (traceability OR interoperability OR “digital product passport” OR “information sharing”))); Results: 35; Files: ver ver
🔍 What dominates
- SME barriers
- Digital adoption challenges
- Sustainability constraints
💡 Insight 7 — “SMEs are structurally excluded”
Recurring patterns:
- Lack of resources
- Lack of technical capabilities
- Lack of standards clarity
💡 Insight 8 — “Interoperability is the hidden barrier”
SMEs struggle not with:
❌ willingness
❌ sustainability awareness
BUT with:
👉 system integration
👉 data standardization
👉 compatibility
💡 Insight 9 — “DPP readiness is not technological — it is organizational”
SMEs lack:
- data governance structures
- internal coordination
- supplier integration
🧠 OUR POSITIONING FROM IIQ9
👉 “DPP implementation is constrained by organizational and data governance capacity — not only technology”