Howard Archer, economist with IHS Global Insight, argues that "the July
purchasing managers' services and manufacturing surveys are largely good news and suggest that Eurozone growth will hold up better in the third quarter than had previously seemed likely.
The headline
purchasing managers index reached 57.5 in December, its highest since October.
According to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's (Cips)
purchasing managers' index, construction industry expansion is its fastest since July 2001.
According to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply's (CIPS) monthly
purchasing managers' index, overall business conditions deteriorated with the index falling to 48.1 from 48.6 in April.
The new title is being targeted to forensic nurses, hospital administrators and
purchasing managers, medical examiners/coroners, government clinical lab personnel, and legal personnel at the local, county, state and federal levels.
Newspaper
purchasing managers could learn a lot from their newsrooms, a purchasing expert says.
Head chefs of F&B outlets throughout Dubai have reported that conflicting priorities between kitchen staff and
purchasing managers are impacting on the procurement of quality ingredients.
Summary: Expansion in China's services sector slowed for the second straight month in May, dropping further from a 10-month high hit in March, an official survey of non-manufacturing
purchasing managers showed on Sunday.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply revealed that its main
purchasing managers index fell to 54.8 from a two and a half year high of 58.1 the previous month.
JUST A YEAR ago, newspaper
purchasing managers were furiously debating the very idea of procurement cards.
The ISM non-manufacturing
purchasing managers' index is expected to drop to 55.1 in May from 55.5 in April.
Business environment remains competitive, while employment was marginally positive in March, according to the latest Emirates NBD
Purchasing Managers' Index.