APICS Business Outlook Index

Maximum feasible value = 100 
CURRENT COMPONENT
									CURRENT		TOTAL
	SHIPMENTS	EMPLOYMENT	PRODUCTION	INVENTORY	COMPONENT	APICS INDEX*
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1995
SEP	56.9		48.6		58.5		54.8		54.7		50.1
OCT	57.1		42.8		46.6		46.0		48.1		49.5
NOV	56.6		34.6		38.9		35.3		41.3		44.8
DEC	43.4		43.3		44.4		44.1		43.8		43.8
1996
JAN	59.7		42.1		50.0		37.9		47.4		49.4
FEB	58.6		40.9		61.1		37.1		49.4		49.2
MAR	34.8		43.3		37.0		31.8		36.7		42.9
APR	73.0		55.6		73.2		43.2		61.3		56.2
MAY	53.5		43.3		41.7		45.7		46.1		45.6
JUN	51.5		43.5		57.1		48.5		50.2		50.1
JUL	58.4		45.6		57.7		43.7		51.4		53.0
AUG	42.9		52.5		46.3		39.9		45.4		46.4
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FUTURE COMPONENT
	NEW		UNFILLED	PRODUCTION	I/S		FUTURE
	ORDERS		ORDERS		PLANNING	RATIO		COMPONENT
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1995
SEP	51.5		44.6		43.3		43.1		45.6
OCT	51.9		48.0		48.3		55.7		51.0
NOV	45.3		39.6		55.4		53.1		48.3
DEC	37.1		45.5		50.0		42.6		43.8
1996
JAN	48.2		43.1		52.1		61.7		51.3
FEB	50.2		39.7		45.9		60.0		49.0
MAR	50.0		51.5		53.6		40.9		49.0
APR	55.6		36.5		48.4		64.2		51.2
MAY	40.9		44.8		46.6		48.5		45.2
JUN	51.6		50.1		51.7		47.0		50.1
JUL	55.0		53.3		51.9		58.5		54.7
AUG	43.5		45.6		53.6		47.0		47.4
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* Current and Future Components with equal weights