Wednesday, April 1, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric—the PMI—at 49.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth)—fell 1% from February's 50.1, halting a two-month run of PMI growth. The March reading was off 0.9% from the 12-month average of 50.0, while the over all economy grew in March…
Monday, March 2, 2020 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric—the PMI—checked in at 50.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) in February, down 0.8% from January's 50.9 reading. January was 3.1% ahead of December, which marked the lowest PMI reading going back to June 2000's 46.3. The…
Monday, February 3, 2020 · SCMR Staff
The report's key metric, the PMI, headed up 3.1%, in January, to 50.9 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), on the heels of a 47.8 reading in December.
Monday, January 6, 2020 · Jeff Berman
Manufacturing output in December contracted for the fifth consecutive month to finish 2019 according to data issued by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in its Manufacturing Report on Business.
Monday, December 9, 2019 · Jeff Berman
For manufacturing, ISM is estimating a 4.8% annual increase in 2020 revenue, which is up from the 1.9% increase that was pegged for 2019 over 2018. What's more, 58.1% of manufacturing respondents expected 2020 revenues to be higher than 2019. And revenue growth in 2020 is…
Monday, December 2, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, the PMI, slipped 0.2% to 48.1 in November (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following readings of 49.1, 47.8, and 48.3, in August, September, and October, respectively.
Friday, November 1, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, the PMI, eked out a 0.5% gain to 48.3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following declines of 1.3% and 2.1%, respectively, in October and September.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, the PMI, declined 1.3% to 47.8 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following a 2.1% decline from July to August.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · Jeff Berman
While recent months continued to show a pattern of a slowing down in manufacturing activity, even though the sector was still showing overall growth, data issued today by the Institute for Supply Management in its Manufacturing Report on Business (ISM) showed that…
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 · Patrick Van den Bossche, Brooks Levering, Johan Gott and Yuri Castano
Although U.S. companies still see Asia as a desirable location for manufacturing, China is losing out to other countries, including Vietnam and Mexico.
Thursday, August 1, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, the PMI, fell 0.5% to 51.2 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), coming on the heels of 0.4%, 0.7%, and 2.7% declines in June, May, and April, respectively.
Monday, June 3, 2019 · Jeff Berman
The report's key metric, the PMI, fell 0.7% to 52.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) in May, following a 2.5% decline from March to April, a 1.1% increase from February to March, and a 2.3% increase from December to January.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 · Steven Bowen and Mike Burnette
Lack of supply chain integration can be seen in misguided capacity plans, poorly calibrated production schedules, a cost imbalance for a given supplier, who may even end up out of business, buildup of excess inventory, inefficient use of logistics resources, poor customer…
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 · Patrick Burnson
Oxford Economics has predicted that the amount of Baby Boomers in the global workforce would drop 9 percent between 2015 and 2020, from 31 percent in 2015 to 22 percent in 2020. Since then, a record 70 million baby boomers have retired. This has created a daunting new…
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