Trump underscores Iran nuclear threat as economic turmoil escalates ahead of US midterms
Donald Trump has said stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb is “the only thing that matters”, as the economic fallout from the conflict starts to shape the political battlefield ahead of November’s midterm elections. Speaking at the White House before leaving for China, he…
Accenture accelerates US critical minerals initiative with rapid AI-enabled platform deployment
Accenture Federal Services is moving to give the US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission an initial working capability through a rapid engineering push centred on the Critical Mineral and Materials to Unlock Supply, or CM2US, programme. The effort is aimed at creating an operational, AI-ready…
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Geopolitics is no longer a background risk in memory sourcing; it is now a central force shaping how DRAM and NAND are bought, allocated and qualified. For years, many electronics makers treated memory procurement as a largely cyclical business, assuming that tight supply would eventually ease and that the market…
Donald Trump’s China trip to blend diplomacy with high-profile business delegation amid rising tensions
Donald Trump is set to travel to China with a large group of senior business figures, underscoring a White House push to pair diplomacy with commercial dealmaking as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to shape global markets. White House officials confirmed that the president…
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Hershey is recasting its supply chain as a core source of competitive advantage as new chief executive Kirk Tanner reshapes the chocolate maker around a more integrated model for demand creation, commercial execution and fulfilment. At its 2026 Investor Day in New York, the company said it now sees supply…
Microsoft and SAP expand support for enterprise cloud migrations with enhanced RISE on Azure
Microsoft and SAP are widening their joint RISE with SAP on Microsoft Azure initiative, in a move they say will give more enterprise customers access to specialist support, technical guidance and migration expertise as they shift core systems to the cloud. The companies said the…
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View AllSupply chain delays reshape grid reliability strategies amid rising equipment lead times
Grid reliability still hinges on careful engineering and disciplined planning, but for utilities and developers the bottleneck is increasingly more basic: the hardware is not arriving on time. Danielle Pirrone, president and chief operating officer of ULE Group, argues that procurement has become a direct reliability issue because projects can…
EcoVadis transforms sustainability ratings into a strategic tool for supply chain evolution by 2030
EcoVadis has used its latest purpose report to set out a more ambitious role for sustainability ratings in corporate supply chains, as procurement teams, suppliers and investors face growing pressure to turn ESG commitments into measurable action. The Paris-based company said more than 1,400 procurement…

