Sourcing & Procurement
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WD-40’s chemical inflation shows how quickly disruption reaches manufacturing costs. Some specialty chemicals and base oils have doubled while reported margins remain protected temporarily by inventory timing.
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$10bn Pennsylvania defence drive confronts capacity reality
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Pentagon targets opaque dependencies in military medicine
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UK-US medicines pact targets concentrated supply risks
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State ownership buys British Steel a harder second chance
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Myton opens a new route into UK food markets
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PepsiCo extends regenerative farming across 4.7m acres
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Full China decoupling carries $23.6tn price tag
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NHS toolkit brings carbon accounting into hospital catering
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Procurement barriers leave UK industrial capacity unused

