... a composite indicator designed to provide an overall view of manufacturing activity, fell by three points on July’s figure to 53.1. ... 50 mark, which means no change on the previous month. Manufacturing conditions continued to improve in spite of the inflationary ...

... now, the success of initiatives such as Six Sigma, lean manufacturing and kanban has been limited because they have been dependent on ... into the product, which has four components: demand flow manufacturing; radio frequency identification processing; EnterpriseOne ...

... Roy Ayliffe, director of professional practice at CIPS, said manufacturing looks set for stability this year. But official figures from National Statistics showed manufacturing output fell by 0.1 per cent in December from November. Production ...

... estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The manufacturing sector grew by 8.0%, largely due to a sharp rebound in biomedical manufacturing output and stronger growth in chemicals output. The construction ...

Britain's manufacturing sector shrank for the fourth month in a row in August, according ... of professional practice at CIPS, said: “Although the manufacturing economy improved marginally from July’s nine-and-a-half year ...

Britain’s manufacturing sector will enter a technical recession in the next three months ... of British  Industry. The CBI said yesterday it expected manufacturing output to be minus 0.4% in the three months to June and minus ...

... Institute of Puchasing and Supply (CIPS)/Markit Report on Manufacturing revealed that its employment index fell to a reading of 43.3 as ... reported a third consecutive month of contraction in the UK manufacturing sector in July, as the combined forces of worsening market ...

UK manufacturing jobs declined at their lowest rate for two years in the past ... head of economic and fiscal policy at the CBI, says: "The manufacturing sector's revival is continuing, though the rate of growth has ...

UK manufacturing jobs declined at their lowest rate for two years in the past ... head of economic and fiscal policy at the CBI, says: "The manufacturing sector's revival is continuing, though the rate of growth has ...

... between 23 March and 13 April. The survey found that manufacturing orders have fallen sharply since January, with firms reporting ... that any post-election tax raid on business would hit a manufacturing sector already in a fragile position. We will resist any such ...