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  2. Purchasing Managers' Index - Wikipedia

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    ISM's Purchasing Managers Index 1948–2012. Purchasing managers' indexes (PMI) are economic indicators derived from monthly surveys of private sector companies.. The three principal producers of PMIs are S&P Global (from 2022 merger with IHS Markit), which produces PMIs for over 30 countries worldwide and developed the first service sector PMIs, and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM ...

  3. Institute for Supply Management - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, NAPM introduced the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) and in 1988 it added diffusion indexes and introduced a graph format. In 1989, the U.S. Department of Commerce began including NAPM's data as a component of its Index of Leading Indicators and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve praised the Report. In 1998, the association developed ...

  4. The tricky story behind a US manufacturing downturn ... - AOL

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    "The purchasing manager index is calculated as a diffusion, and thus does not show actual levels of production but merely how widespread the change in activity is throughout the sector."

  5. List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

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    The "formula" in the name alludes to a series of rules set by the FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix , usually held on purpose-built circuits , and in a few cases on closed city streets . [ 3 ]

  6. Purchasing Managers Index Drops; Shipment Volumes Next?

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    The widely used macroeconomic Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) – measure general economic health in the U.S. like GDP -- reported by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) dropped to a value ...

  7. China's manufacturing activity contracted in July, the ... - AOL

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    The Purchasing Managers' Index, based on a survey of factory managers, slipped 0.1 points to 49.4, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. It was the third straight monthly reading below ...

  8. Certified Professional in Supply Management - Wikipedia

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    Up until 2008, the highest credential that ISM offered was the Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) designation, which the organization first offered in 1974. [4] The C.P.M. required qualified applicants to pass four exam modules that measured their aptitude in areas such as purchasing, supplier relations, quality issues, business law, personnel challenges, diversity and more.

  9. Quality, cost, delivery - Wikipedia

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    Quality, cost, delivery (QCD), sometimes expanded to quality, cost, delivery, morale, safety (QCDMS), [1] is a management approach originally developed by the British automotive industry. [2] QCD assess different components of the production process and provides feedback in the form of facts and figures that help managers make logical decisions ...