Tip: Use Profit Improvement Plans to Enhance Pricing
PIPs provide low-risk way to quickly implement customer-specific pricing changes.
PIPs provide low-risk way to quickly implement customer-specific pricing changes.
U.S. Census Bureau estimates shipments at $1,318.8 billion for the month.
Increased fuel prices drove the May advance.
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying were main sources of the decrease.
Manufacturing production forecasted to grow 2.5 percent in 2015.
Total cutting tool consumption of $183.5 million down 7.9 percent from March.