Embedding Trade Compliance into Digital-Twin-Based Supply Chain Visibility: A Policy Framework for Korean Export Firms

Research Purpose: This study examines how digital-twin-based supply chain visibility can embed trade compliance requirements into the operations and governance of export-oriented supply chains, focusing on Korean export firms facing overlapping trade and ESG regulations. Research Methods: Using a conceptual, policy-oriented approach, the study synthesizes academic literature, industry white papers, and policy documents on global trade compliance, supply chain visibility and risk management, and supply chain digital twins to develop an integrated multi-layer framework and theoretical propositions. Results in Research: The analysis proposes a three-layer Digital-Twin-Based Inbuilt Compliance Model—Regulatory Mapping, Monitoring Logic, and Organizational Workflow—and a Policy–Governance Integration Framework that together explain how digital-twin-driven visibility can reduce trade compliance risks and support more robust governance in export-oriented supply chains. Research Conclusion: The study concludes that treating trade compliance as an inbuilt mechanism within digital-twin-based supply chain architectures, rather than as an external, ex post control, offers a promising pathway for Korean export firms to strengthen regulatory conformity and governance and provides a possible integration framework linking digital twins, compliance requirements, and multi-level policy and organizational arrangements.