February 2004 book-to-bill.The North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. IMS/PCB Industry Book-to-Bill Ratio Book-to-Bill Ratio The technology industry's demand-to-supply ratio for orders on a "firm's book" to number of orders filled. Notes: This ratio tells whether the company has more orders than it can deliver (if greater than 1), has the same amount of orders that it can for February February: see month. 2004 remained firm at 1.08. The ratio is calculated by averaging the index numbers In economics, index numbers are time series summarising movements in a group of related variables. The best-known is the consumer price index which measures changes in retail prices paid by consumers. for orders booked over the past three months and dividing by the average index numbers for sales billed during the same period. A ratio of more than 1.00 suggests that current demand is ahead of supply, which indicates probable near-term growth. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] Industry sales billed (shipments) in February 2004 increased 27.5% from February 2003, and orders booked increased 42.3% from February 2003. Compared to 2003, shipments of PCBs are up 27.9% year-to-date Year-to-date (YTD) The period beginning at the start of the calendar year up to the current date. , while bookings of PCBs are up 30.9% year-to-date. February 2004 Book-to-Bill Feb. 1.03 '03 Mar. 1.04 '03 Apr. 0.97 '03 May 1.00 '03 June 1.02 '03 July 1.04 '03 Aug. 1.14 '03 Sept. 1.15 '03 Oct. 1.18 '03 Nov. 1.13 '03 Dec. 1.11 '03 Jan. 1.08 '04 Feb. 1.08 '04 Note: Table made from bar graph. |
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