Sentence examples for measures of manufacturing from inspiring English sources

American firms, excluding farms, shed 216,000 workers from their payrolls in August, the smallest decline in a year.A composite index of Japanese economic activity, including measures of manufacturing output and retail sales, rose in July to its highest level since December 2008.

They are honing measures of manufacturing efficiency.

They are honing measures of manufacturing efficiency—such as inventory turns, asset intensity and demand-flow technology—to a science.

Two measures of manufacturing activity, the official Purchasing Managers Index and the HSBC Purchasing Managers Index, both rose above 50, which indicates expansion, for the first time in months.

Industrial production -- the measure of manufacturing output -- has a perfect record of predicting recessions since World War II.

On an annual basis, industrial production was down 1.1% in October, while the narrower measure of manufacturing output was down 0.4%.

Now, China still lag behind in safeguard measures, long-term mechanism of manufacturing industry transformation and upgrading, intellectual property protection system, personnel training system, quality inspection system, and comprehensive management and control system.

But the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, a measure of manufacturing strength, rose in the month.

With such support, the key measure of manufacturing's presence in America is ticking upward.

One measure of manufacturing activity fell in May to the lowest level in four years.

A measure of manufacturing activity in New York State jumped in May, reversing a large drop in April.