December Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

(c) The Backlog of Orders, Prices, Customers’ Inventories, Imports and New Export Orders Indexes do not meet the accepted criteria for seasonal adjustments.

Buying Policy

Average commitment lead time for Capital Expenditures decreased 5 days to 101 days. Average lead time for Production Materials decreased 1 day to 47 days. Average lead time for Maintenance, Repair and Operating (MRO) Supplies increased 2 days to 23 days.

Percent Reporting

                           

Capital
Expenditures

Hand-to-
Mouth

30
Days

60
Days

90
Days

6
Months

1
Year+

Average
Days

 
Dec 2008 33 6 11 17 24 9 101
Nov 2008 28 8 11 20 23 10 106
Oct 2008 23 12 12 17 24 12 114
Sep 2008 28 5 14 15 27 11 113

Production
Materials

   

Hand-to-
Mouth

   

30
Days

   

60
Days

 

90
Days

   

6
Months

   

1
Year+

   

Average
Days

 
Dec 2008 31 37 22 5 1 4 47
Nov 2008 24 40 23 7 4 2 48
Oct 2008 27 37 24 6 3 3 48
Sep 2008 26 39 18 10 4 3 51
MRO Supplies    

Hand-to-
Mouth

   

30
Days

   

60
Days

   

90
Days

   

6
Months

 

1
Year+

   

Average
Days

 
Dec 2008 57 31 9 2 0 1 23
Nov 2008 62 26 8 2 2 0 21
Oct 2008 52 36 8 2 1 1 25
Sep 2008 53 37 7 2 1 0 22

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