Ideas on statistical trends to track here on PM relating to manufacturing ?

Milacron · Jan 31, 2011

This is basically a repeat of a thread I started in the Manufacturing forum but since some of you may not read that one and it's relevant to you guys in particular...

Possibly to track here on PM on continuing basis, assuming some agreement reached with the sources.

Examples are below-

ISM - ISM Report - December 2010 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

Is there anything here that is of interest?

Metal Prices and News

Anything else ? :typing:

Tonytn36 · Jan 31, 2011

Can you find anything on machine tool sales?

S_W_Bausch · Jan 31, 2011

Hmmm....

I have no clue what the "day job" machinist might worry about.

I think many commodities might be of interest, whether it's the 90 day contracts, or the 'out of the money' waay into the future contracts, that's hard to say.

I think anyone living in the U.S. has an interest in energy costs.

Lumber? probably not. Paper? Well, I think we have a 'guru' that builds paper mill equipment...

Bankrupty filings?

Ox · Jan 31, 2011

On the back page of one of the mags - the guy is tunnel vissioned on the machine toy sales graph.

I understand that it does show that something is going on or not, but IMO it is no way linear.

The job moved from this shop that was already all tooled up for it, just to go to this shop that has to tool up. So now we show $400K in the new machine tool sales column, yet there is no new work. And work has not "picked up" as the graph will Shirey show.

If there was some way of reporting base and surplus costs of commodity metals from various mills, I would think that would be interesting. Tube mills as well. But I can't really imagine that actually happening.

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Limy Sami · Jan 31, 2011

Scrap metal prices always attract plenty of comment.

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