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ROB Roundup: March PMI® An inverted yield curve. Soft housing starts. Weak retail sales. In recent days, each new piece of recent U.S. economic data seemed to further stoke fears of a slowdown,

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Digital Transformation Is Key to Procurement Meeting Business Needs As organizations struggle to get more out of less, digital technology can help them control operational costs while meeting a

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Report On Business® Roundup: April Hospital PMI™ The Hospital ISM® Report On Business® found a continuing increase in elective procedures and subsequent boosts in new orders and employment.

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Report On Business® Roundup: May Hospital PMI™ The Hospital PMI™ of 61.3 percent indicated expansion for a 12th consecutive month, but as with ISM’s Manufacturing and Services indexes,

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Quantifying the Impacts of Disruptions, Large and Small Supply chain disruption has been a constant during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A report from Miami-based business consultancy The

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ROB Roundup: January PMI® And on Friday, the U.S. manufacturing sector exhaled. The Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® indicated a bounce-back month for factories, as the composite

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ROB Roundup: January NMI® In the financial world, the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Tuesday was labeled “disappointing” — the NMI® of 56.7 percent fell short of

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How to Enhance Your ROB Dashboard’s Effectiveness You’ve created your dashboard to track the ISM® Report On Business®, released monthly by Institute for Supply Management®, and other

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Report On Business® Roundup: July Hospital PMI™ The Hospital PMI™ of 62.8 percent indicated expansion for a 14th consecutive month; however, some subindex readings — and especially comments

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Report On Business® Roundup: September Hospital PMI® The Hospital PMI® registered 60.6 percent, but — as was discussed after ISM’s Manufacturing report was released last week — the

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