APICS Business Outlook Index

Maximum feasible value = 100 
CURRENT COMPONENT
									CURRENT		TOTAL
	SHIPMENTS	EMPLOYMENT	PRODUCTION	INVENTORY	COMPONENT	APICS INDEX*
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1995
MAR	44.3		56.0		52.1		57.1		52.4		48.9
APR	45.7		44.4		49.2		55.7		48.8		46.3
MAY	58.6		42.4		52.1		47.2		50.1		48.1
JUN	53.1		46.8		41.7		35.9		44.4		46.5
JUL	54.7		46.6		45.8		45.3		48.1		50.3
AUG	62.8		44.8		44.2		37.9		47.4		49.1
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	
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FUTURE COMPONENT
	NEW		UNFILLED	PRODUCTION	I/S		FUTURE
	ORDERS		ORDERS		PLANNING	RATIO		COMPONENT
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1995
MAR	48.5		42.6		48.3		42.6		45.5
APR	45.5		39.4		44.4		45.7		43.8
MAY	42.8		42.6		43.5		55.6		46.1
JUN	41.7		33.3		68.0		51.6		48.6
JUL	60.0		53.2		50.0		46.9		52.5
AUG	47.0		46.9		57.7		51.0		50.7
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
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* Current and Future Components with equal weights