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 "title": "Where Does a Product Fact Become True?",
 "description": "A practical method for working out where a product fact becomes true, who holds it, what evidence establishes it and whether a downstream business can reuse it.",
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 "direct_answer": "A product fact can start with a business decision, a production event, a measurement or a rule. Before you chase suppliers or choose a database, separate where the fact becomes true from who holds it, what evidence establishes it and whether the same fact can be established another way.",
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   "name": "Enhancing Resilience Through Traceability: Insights from Lithium and Nickel Supply Chains in Latin America and Southeast Asia, OECD"
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