Purchasing Manager’s Index
04 Oct 2023 3 mins Download PDF
Purchasing Manager’s Index
- It is an index that reflects the prevailing direction of economic trends in the manufacturing and service sectors.
- It has a diffusion index that summarizes whether market conditions are expanding, staying the same, or contracting as viewed by purchasing managers.
- It is a monthly survey released by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), of supply chain managers across 19 industries, covering both upstream and downstream activity.
- The PMI is based on five major survey areas, all are weighed equally:
- New orders
- Inventory levels
- Production
- Supplier deliveries
- Employment
- A PMI above 50 represents an expansion and under 50 represents a contraction when compared with the previous month.
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