Manufacturing Barometer™

PwC's Manufacturing Barometer is a quarterly survey of US-based executives in large, multinational industrial manufacturing businesses. The survey captures participants' assessments of the direction of the US and world economies and their company's performance and expectations in such areas as revenue growth, margins, inventory, and costs. Other sections explore plans for investment, mergers and acquisitions, and hiring, as well as potential barriers to growth and much more.

Special topic: Global operations and supply chain

In addition to the quarterly Manufacturing Barometer business outlook survey, we heard from our panelists on global operations and supply chain, including:

  • Importance of supply chain
  • Global operations improvements
  • Major/minor improvement plans
  • Scalability to meet global requirements
  • Partnering with strategic suppliers