Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Over 50% of companies say they’re getting garbage supplier data. Over 40% never hear back.
And we’re basing ESG declarations, regulatory compliance, and risk models on that.
I’m joined by Lily Hogan, Senior Product Manager at 3E, to examine why supplier data is still one of the weakest links in supply chain resilience. Lily operates at the intersection of regulatory compliance, sustainability, digital product passports, and AI-enabled data collection - helping global manufacturers gather, validate, and act on upstream information that most organisations struggle to obtain.
The pressure is rising. Regulatory complexity continues to increase. PFAS restrictions are forcing rapid product reformulation. The EU’s Digital Product Passport requirements are approaching. Climate risk, circularity demands, and ethical sourcing scrutiny are intensifying. Yet many organisations are still chasing suppliers through email and spreadsheets.
What shifted my thinking was how structural this problem is. A single electronic product can involve outreach to thousands of suppliers. Suppliers themselves may be responding to hundreds of inbound requests. Fragmentation isn’t accidental, it’s systemic. Another key insight: the companies making progress are embedding data requirements into procurement contracts from day one and consolidating requests across compliance, sustainability, and marketing teams. Enterprise problem. Enterprise solution.
We also explore how AI can reduce repetitive manual work rather than add complexity, and how better supplier data enables faster pivots when chemicals are banned, regulations shift, or risk surfaces unexpectedly.
This is for procurement leaders, supply chain directors, operations executives, and risk professionals responsible for real decisions under regulatory and cost pressure.
If you’re dealing with supplier data friction in your organisation, I’d like to hear how you’re addressing it.
🌐 Podcast website: resilientsupplychainpodcast.com
🔔 Subscribe for weekly analysis on supply chain resilience and operational risk
📊 Timestamps below
2️⃣ 💡 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 – When supplier data fails, resilience fails
00:05 – Why global compliance still runs on email
00:03:37 – Regulatory complexity driving data demand
00:05:25 – A single phone, thousands of suppliers
00:08:02 – ESG, compliance and procurement pulling the same data
00:11:09 – Digital Product Passports: reducing supplier friction
00:14:04 – Can AI reduce complexity instead of add to it?
00:16:23 – 50% garbage data, 40% silence: market reality
00:19:07 – PFAS bans and forced product pivots
00:22:00 – EU Green Deal delays and regulatory drift
00:25:23 – Resilience lessons from elite sport
00:29:36 – Transparency as competitive advantage
Over 50% of companies say they’re getting garbage supplier data. Over 40% never hear back.
And we’re basing ESG declarations, regulatory compliance, and risk models on that.
I’m joined by Lily Hogan, Senior Product Manager at 3E, to examine why supplier data is still one of the weakest links in supply chain resilience. Lily operates at the intersection of regulatory compliance, sustainability, digital product passports, and AI-enabled data collection - helping global manufacturers gather, validate, and act on upstream information that most organisations struggle to obtain.
The pressure is rising. Regulatory complexity continues to increase. PFAS restrictions are forcing rapid product reformulation. The EU’s Digital Product Passport requirements are approaching. Climate risk, circularity demands, and ethical sourcing scrutiny are intensifying. Yet many organisations are still chasing suppliers through email and spreadsheets.
What shifted my thinking was how structural this problem is. A single electronic product can involve outreach to thousands of suppliers. Suppliers themselves may be responding to hundreds of inbound requests. Fragmentation isn’t accidental, it’s systemic. Another key insight: the companies making progress are embedding data requirements into procurement contracts from day one and consolidating requests across compliance, sustainability, and marketing teams. Enterprise problem. Enterprise solution.
We also explore how AI can reduce repetitive manual work rather than add complexity, and how better supplier data enables faster pivots when chemicals are banned, regulations shift, or risk surfaces unexpectedly.
This is for procurement leaders, supply chain directors, operations executives, and risk professionals responsible for real decisions under regulatory and cost pressure.
If you’re dealing with supplier data friction in your organisation, I’d like to hear how you’re addressing it.
🌐 Podcast website: resilientsupplychainpodcast.com
🔔 Subscribe for weekly analysis on supply chain resilience and operational risk
📊 Timestamps below
2️⃣ 💡 Chapters / Timestamps
00:00 – When supplier data fails, resilience fails
00:05 – Why global compliance still runs on email
00:03:37 – Regulatory complexity driving data demand
00:05:25 – A single phone, thousands of suppliers
00:08:02 – ESG, compliance and procurement pulling the same data
00:11:09 – Digital Product Passports: reducing supplier friction
00:14:04 – Can AI reduce complexity instead of add to it?
00:16:23 – 50% garbage data, 40% silence: market reality
00:19:07 – PFAS bans and forced product pivots
00:22:00 – EU Green Deal delays and regulatory drift
00:25:23 – Resilience lessons from elite sport
00:29:36 – Transparency as competitive advantage
