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Whether you are building a new quality program or eval- uating your current program, ask the right questions. Eval- uate the key steps — product definition, specifications and limits, data collection and analysis, assessing value, team engagement, and customer satisfaction. Quality must be present throughout your process and organization — it’s worth it! Where does your quality program stand? Paul Graver is the owner of EXSETIS Consulting, a firm focused on quality and process improvement. Paul has
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Manufacturing PMI At 46.5 Percent; Economy Continues Expansion Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in October for the seventh consecutive month and the 23rd time in the last 24 months, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Busi- ness. The report was issued by Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The Manufacturing PMI registered 46.5 percent in Oc- tober, 0.7 percentage point lower compared to the 47.2 percent recorded in September. This is the lowest Manu- facturing PMI reading in 2024. The overall economy con- tinued in expansion for the 54th month after one month of contraction in April 2020. (A Manufacturing PMI above 42.5 percent, over a period of time, generally indicates an expansion of the overall economy.) “The New Orders Index remained in contraction ter- ritory, registering 47.1 percent, 1 percentage point higher than the 46.1 percent recorded in September. The Octo- ber reading of the Production Index (46.2 percent) is 3.6 percentage points lower than September’s figure of 49.8 percent. The Prices Index returned to expansion territory, registering 54.8 percent, up 6.5 percentage points com- pared to the reading of 48.3 percent in September. The Backlog of Orders Index registered 42.3 percent, down 1.8 percentage points compared to the 44.1 percent recorded in September. The Employment Index registered 44.4 per- cent, up 0.5 percentage point from September’s figure of 43.9 percent. “The Supplier Deliveries Index indicated slowing deliv- eries, registering 52 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than the 52.2 percent recorded in September. (Supplier Deliveries is the only ISM Report On Business index that is
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