Manufacturing Talk Radio (Jacket Media Co.)

On this episode of Manufacturing Think Tank, Host Cliff Waldman welcomes Eric Fins, Vice President of Grove Climate Group, an organization that helps startups, companies, governments, nonprofits, universities, and trade groups achieve their climate goals. Don't miss this important episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Committee Chairs Tim Fiore and Anthony Nieves discuss the ISM's Semi-Annual Forecast for Manufacturing and Services respectively. This report data is used by industry sector executives and managers to gauge the outlook for their products and services for the first half of the economic outlook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This morning’s data for August shows that the US manufacturing recovery is slowing dramatically. That solves the mystery of why the recovery in manufacturing jobs has slowed to a trickle. If you wait long enough things end up making sense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner of Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses perspectives on countries and economies around the world, some of which impact the U.S., and most of which you will not hear on mainstream media. Learn about the impact of education on manufacturing, import-export with Europe, where tomorrow’s energy sources are likely to be, where the supply chain has recovered, and how the Russia-Ukraine conflict disrupts Europe more than the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. and Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss discuss the current state of reshoring and possible solutions to reducing our $1.2 trillion trade deficit with China.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’ host Cliff Waldman explains that historic supply chain disruptions are currently the biggest threat to the ongoing manufacturing recovery. Cliff discusses the short-term stresses on supplier deliveries, inventory management and prices. He then explores the implications of the pandemic-related disruptions for inventory management and supplier management in the years ahead. Cliff concludes the episode with a brief discussion of the regional versus global supply chain question as well as the ongoing technological evolution of supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On This LIVE Episode of Manufacturing Matters, host Cliff Waldman recaps his experience at the NABE conference including outlook discussions by Fed officials as well as sessions on China, supply chain, and labor shortages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair of the ISM's Hospital Report on Business(R) discusses the latest report in detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair, for the ISM(R) Hospital Report on Business(TM) updates listeners on conditions in the health care industry, from rural hospitals to major health care systems grappling with Covid-19 and its impacts on each hospital's bottom line. The sector is now in recovery itself from Covid-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses the Credit Manager's Index Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, committee chair for the Institute for Supply Management’s Hospital Purchasing Managers Report on Business with the latest report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerrie Jordan, Vice President of Product Management – Data Platform at Epicor discusses working in manufacturing from the perspective of the employee, based on the “Findings from the Voice of the Essential Manufacturing Worker” survey of 200 manufacturing workers by Epicor. This insightful conversation with show host Lew Weiss is Part One of a two-part series discussing internal manufacturing relationships in the near-term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilana Preuss, Founder of Recast City, discusses how to bring small-scale manufacturers downtown into vacant storefronts that benefit everyone, from foot traffic to incubating manufacturers. For more on Recast City visit https://www.recastcity.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode host Harry Moser discusses with Lew Weiss how manufacturers measure competitiveness by comparing delivery, quality, and price and why U.S. manufacturers keep losing out on price. Harry looks closely at how the U.S. lost its edge and the path back to global manufacturing leadership. Harry also explains how companies could bring back up to 30% of what we import without raising their prices or negatively impacting their profits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, chair for the Services PMI™ Business Survey Committee for the Institute for Supply Management with the Services PMI™ Report On Business right here on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Services Report on Business® presents the Services PMI report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lydia Fayal Hall, Head of Communications for Workstream.us shares how to use texting tools to prepare for and fill vacancies with qualified candidates using texting as a preparation and communications tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Cliff Waldman welcomes special guest Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington-DC based technology and economic policy think tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicholas Tana, CEO of Smart Media, author of eJunky, as well as the director and producer of the movie, discusses the possible end to the writers' strike, but the longer-term impacts of AI on the entertainment industry, particularly where it could replace writers and actors. In three years, when the agreement, if accepted, expires, AI will be several generations more advanced. What will happen then? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of 'Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture', host Cliff Waldman will review the latest data and forecasts from an increasingly difficult and risky global economic picture. Cliff will discuss the significant downward revisions to global growth forecasts, the increasingly aggressive campaign from the Federal Reserve to tame elevated inflation, the global growth and inflation implications of Russia's protracted war in Ukraine and the supply chain and growth implications of the Covid lockdowns in Shanghai and other major centers in China. He will overview the implications of all of these concerns for near-term U.S. manufacturing performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Presented by Tim Fiore, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business. Take a deep dive into the factors that influenced this month's ISM Manufacturing PMI of 59.9%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan DeBois, Director of Industrial AI at RoviSys speaks about AI in manufacturing - why we should embrace it rather than fear it, and where it is the logical next step in production control and analysis. AI isn't disrupting manufacturing any more than PLCs did when GM introduced them in 1968. AI in manufacturing is a tool to manage large volumes of data to get actionable information, and only when action is taken does ROI happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this first 2021 episode of “Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture”, host Cliff Waldman reviews the final manufacturing data for 2020, places 2020 in the context of US manufacturing history and offers a forecast for 2021. Cliff also discusses the longer-term manufacturing outlook as well as post-pandemic structural issues, which include accelerated deployment of disruptive technologies, supply chain challenges and the evolving dynamics of the manufacturing workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Walker and Ted De Innocentis, Co-Founders of 1620 Workwear, Inc., discuss their launch of comfortable, durable, quality, indoor and outdoor workwear Made in the USA for skilled labor, craftsman, military, and police, and discerning individuals who want work wear that will last for years, available at 1620usa.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Zielke, Business Manager for Steamfitters 601, discusses the types of jobs and career path available to individuals who want to be earning 6 figures 5 years from when they start with good money and great benefits as they grow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry surveys for Strategas Securities LLP discusses purchasing conditions in Europe, Asia, South America, and areas of the U.S. that reflect a fairly positive restart, at least for the U.S. economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the Services Report on Business(R) highlights the strengths in the Services Sectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liran Akavia, Co-Founder and COO at Seebo (www.seebo.com) helps manufacturers document their production processes, from raw material inputs to completed products output to identify hidden, incremental improvements that translate into significant cost reductions, yield increase, quality improvements, and bottom-line benefits. Currently being used by several companies in food manufacturing, baked goods, powdered chemicals, liquid chemical, glass, cement, steel, and emissions reductions, the A.I. driven methodology shows a rapid ROI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Services Report on Business® discusses the latest report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee gives us an inside look at the report and insight into what the future may hold for the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman discusses the general state of the U.S. economy before reviewing the latest data on U.S. manufacturing growth. Cliff overviews the transitional issues that manufacturers will confront as the pandemic abates and the world economy achieves a post-crisis balance. He concludes the episode by summarizing many of the changes and decisions that manufacturing companies will confront in the post-pandemic years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses the chaos and forecasting surrounding manufacturing from D.C. policy to oil and gas prices that make it difficult to predict the strength of the current expansion, much less its longevity. The previous historic economic expansion followed by the pandemic interruption has created such an air of uncertainty that prognosticators are playing both sides of the fence in predicting continued expansion and near-term recession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair for the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business(R), presents the manufacturing Report On Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner of The Flagship Reports, discusses the current economic currents swirling around in business, industry, and manufacturing, and whether or not there is peril in the waters ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’ host Cliff Waldman addresses two issues of importance to both the US manufacturing outlook and the broad US economic outlook. He first discusses the reasons that manufacturing growth has been slowing even as overall economic growth may be accelerating. Secondly, in light of concerns about the US inflation outlook, Cliff discusses the impact of manufacturing supply chain difficulties on goods inflation, supporting his remarks with worrisome data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses current conditions in manufacturing including excess inventory that is dampening demand which may last into the third quarter. Then conditions reflected in the ASIS report show a likely improvement for Q4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry Iverson, CEO of Iverson and Company, and Founder of ChampionNOW discusses the great career opportunities in manufacturing, and the potential to get college paid for by your employer so you can graduate with a career and no student loan debt - what could be better? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Blosser from Ceratizit discusses technology and applications supporting the automotive industry to optimize and streamline processes with cutting, drilling, boring, reaming, and countersinking tools on the Manufacturing Talk Radio podcast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 2, Artem Kroupenev, VP Strategy at Augury, goes into greater detail how AI is working in manufacturing plants to maintain machine health and overall plant efficiency, creating a rapid ROI along with all the benefits AI brings to the Big Data picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode of 'Manufacturing Think Tank With Cliff Waldman,' host Cliff Waldman welcomes McKinsey and Company partner Charles Atkins to discuss McKinsey's latest productivity study of which he is a coauthor. After summarizing the basic findings of the research, Charles answers a wide range of questions on such issues as measurement challenges in productivity research, the role of technology in productivity outcomes and the impact of management practice on productivity performance. The episode concludes with a discussion of supply chains and their relationship to productivity outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stu Johnson, Vice President of Marketing for Rootstock explains how to simplify a manufacturing implementation of ERP on the Salesforce using Rootstock, where most of the development work to integrate the platform has been completed for you, without having to make your business fit someone else's mold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kuehl discusses the growing GDP, the worker shortage skills gap, and why the people coming into the U.S. are not likely to be the answer. He also touches on the Green Economy and the difficulties it is encountering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl speaks about the economies of various countries, how some are affected by war in the Middle East, how others are waning because of a 5,000% wage increase, and the developing nations waking up to become producers, exporters, and even investors in building production operations in low-cost producing countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Haig Stoddard, the widely followed auto industry analyst, joins host Cliff Waldman to talk about a range of issues facing the U.S. auto industry. After discussing considerable supply chain problems Haig offers analysis of mounting demand-side pressures including the surge in gas prices and the rapid rise in interest rates. This is followed by a discussion of the longer-term forces shaping the auto sector including the work-from-home phenomenon, potential migration out of the city centers, and climate change.  The episode concludes with analysis of workforce problems in the U.S. auto industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Hospital PMI Report on Business® presents the very positive news and behind-the-scenes challenges in the health care industry, with hospitals an the leading indicator in this vital industry sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative joins Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss for a detailed look at the financial benefits of pursuing a career in manufacturing vs. taking the traditional college route. Harry presents some amazing data on the lifetime earning potential of college students with certain degrees, side by side with a tool and die maker. The results will surprise you.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest Manufacturing ISM Report has the Manufacturing PMI at 47.4%. As the PMI continues to tumble, Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee gives us an inside look at the report and insight into what the future may hold for the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair of the ISM's Manufacturing Report on Business(R) joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as Manufacturing Talk Radio begins its 10-Year Anniversary Celebration. The first show that aired was with the Institute for Supply Management and Brad Holcomb, and that tradition carries on with Tim Fiore getting into the numbers behind the numbers. 49.0 is the book cover - the sub-indexes are the chapters that hold the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, senior correspondent for Manufacturing Talk Radio discusses the latest Global Survey Insights on the 18 PMI reports from advanced economies around the world. There appears to be a softening in the expansion as if the air is slowly leaking out of the balloon. Listen in to find out why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair for the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business(R), presents the manufacturing Report On Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Kotvian, Managing Director for Kivnon USA discusses mobile robotic solutions for factory floors, warehouses, and distribution centers to handle materials from storage to production lines to inventory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of 'Manufacturing Think Tank' host Cliff Waldman is joined by Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of the National Association of Manufacturers. After discussing the path of U.S. inflation and the likelihood of a near-term U.S. recession, Chad discusses the recent manufacturing slump and the manufacturing industries that have been most impacted. The conversation then turns to the global picture with particular emphasis on growing concerns about the Chinese economy. The episode concludes with a discussion about changes in the post-pandemic manufacturing labor market and about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent on Global Purchasing Manager's Index Surveys reports that overall conditions are good globally and expectations for manufacturing are continued expansion through the balance of 2021; albeit, current inflation may not be temporary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join John Kennedy, CEO, NJMEP and Deloit Wolfe, President, Impact Washington as they discuss the different verticals over Impact Washington ranging from food manufacturing to maritime manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Hull and Susan Conrad are two dynamic manufacturing experts who help clients identify problems and implement solutions in manufacturing operations to drive more profits and create more revenues for mid-market, start-ups, and generational change companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Precision manufacturing cannot be achieved without a solid foundation. Literally. Principal and Senior Structural Engineer at Larson & Darby Group Bill Waldorf sits down with Lew and Tim to talk about what exactly goes into the structural foundation of a modern manufacturing facility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of 'Manufacturing Think Tank', host Cliff Waldman welcomes noted economist and technology expert Shawn Dubravac, President of the Avrio Institute and author of New York Times bestseller Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, LIve, and Communicate. The episode begins with a discussion of the post-pandemic path of manufacturing process innovation and corporate automation strategies. The hot-button issues of artificial intelligence and robotics were then explored. At this uncertain time, Shawn also gave his outlook for the tech sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, presents the National Association of Credit Management's CMI (Credit Manager's Index) Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chirs Kuehl, the highly-respected economist from Armada Corporate Intelligence talks about the balance of 2023, Shortages in Chips and Rare Earths, Issues with EV, and Manufacturing Headwinds - but Not a Recession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in as Joseph Harary, CEO of Research Frontiers and Eyal Peso, CEO of Gauzy discuss using nanoparticles between layers of glass to create opaque to clear glass transitions for automobiles, skyscraper windows, and many other applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode is the second of a two-part series featuring Kerrie Jordan, Vice President of Product Management – Data Platform at Epicor. Kerrie discusses the most important report for your manufacturing business's health, strength, and sustainability, Voice Of The Manufacturing Manager 2023. Part one of this series covered Epicor’s Voice of The Essential Manufacturing Worker report. In these two reports, 1,000 manufacturing leaders and frontline workers reveal their impressions about the technology they’re using and embracing, the shifts they’re making and experiencing in the workplace, and how they view the future of the industry. Key takeaways include: Technology and Modern Manufacturing ·       58% of manufacturing leaders consider their company “very modern.” ·       But only 48% of frontline workers say the same. Workplace Flexibility and Morale ·       64% of manufacturing leaders believe company morale is high. ·       But only 52% of frontline workers say the same. Company Loyalty and Industry Prospects ·       81% of manufacturing leaders plan to stay in their job for the next 12 months. ·       But only 44% of frontline workers say the same. Don't miss this critical episode of Manufacturing Talk Radio! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Black, CEO of Almonty Industries, discusses the importance of tungsten and the many products that are adversely impacted by the current supply chain disruptions of tungsten sources which are predominantly Russia and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner at Armada Corporate Intelligence, presents the National Association of Credit Manager's Index report from Decmber 31st, 2020 with additional explanation of who credit manager are, their point of view on business lending practices, and what the details are showing. Plus, Chris talks about 2021, and how it may roll out across the next 12 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Fair, Senior Vice President at Executech talks about Cybersecurity and a roadmap to implement from the simple to the complex, step-by-step. Even if you have cybersecurity in place, an annual review is warranted to keep abreast of new threats. A company can go out of business overnight if they aren't ready to thwart attacks and respond to a calamity if a hacker gets through - or is lurking in your system already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lew Weiss and Tim Grady, hosts of Manufacturing Talk Radio, discuss the reconstruction of the American Republic from the impact of Covid to consumer spending and the outlook for manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses facets of the economy that manufacturing is dealing with, and the underlying strengths and weaknesses of the shifting sands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent for Global PMI Surveys discusses the movement of Purchasing Manager's Indexes in Asia, Europe, North and South America, and if the U.S. will see a booming GDP in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss and Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative discuss how manufacturers can establish Total Cost of Ownership in manufacturing using the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator Estimator. For more information visit https://reshorenow.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don’t miss Anthony Nieves, chair for the Services PMI™ Business Survey Committee for the Institute for Supply Management with the Services PMI™ Report On Business right here on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew and Tim sit down once again with Tim Fiore, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business to review the latest report. This report marks the close of the first half of 2021. Overall things remain positive as supply struggles to catch up with demand. Don't miss our insightful look into this critical report, only on Manufacturing TalkRadio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, presents the National Association of Credit Management's CMI (Credit Manager's Index) Report, followed by a discussion of ASIS – the Armada Strategic Intelligence System, a continuous forecasting intelligence tool for durable manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair of the ISM's Hospital Report on Business® discusses the latest report in detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, ISM’s Committee Chair for the Manufacturing Report on Business® covers a lot of good news within manufacturing despite the drop in the overall Purchasing Manager’s Index number. Has this soft landing been good for manufacturing versus a hard landing? June may cast the die for the balance of 2023 and 2024 if order books and backlog get any softer, but could improve rapidly if orders begin to flow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dallas Crawford, Advanced Analytics Executive wth QueBIT explains how manufacturers can tighten up on their pricing inputs to learn where the opportunities are to lower costs and compete better on price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent on Global Purchasing Manager's Index Surveys reports that overall conditions are good globally and expectations for manufacturing are continued expansion through the balance of 2021; albeit, current inflation may not be temporary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner at Armada Corporate Intelligence, presents the Credit Manager's Index (CMI) and its forward look at the direction of industry in the coming months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of "Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture", host Cliff Waldman previews a presentation that he will give at an upcoming global conference on small and medium enterprises to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Cliff discusses an emerging policy paradigm for stimulating regional advanced manufacturing strength. His presentation focuses on a simple but powerful question: How can we use entrepreneurship to provoke dynamic and sustainable industrialization? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilana Preuss, CEO and Founder of Recast City LLC, discusses how small manufacturing businesses can fill vacant storefronts and bring new vitality to struggling small town downtowns in cooperation with government agencies that rely on economic development and the commercial tax base to maintain and improve small town infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair of the ISM's Hospital Report on Business(R) discusses the latest report in detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute for Supply Management, discusses the incredibly challenging conditions that supply chain executives and staff members have successfully weathered since January of 2020 when Covid reached America’s shores. Although many businesses were shut down, manufacturing continued to operate while the operations of their suppliers and shipping lines around the world were also closed for several months. Tom touches on the areas that were affected and two significant sea changes that will be with us for years, if not decades, to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join John Kennedy, CEO, NJMEP and Matt Guse, President, MRS Machining, as they discuss the workforce challenge on how to engage the younger generation and get them interested in the world of manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Fanger, President of On Technology Partners, discusses actions manufacturers need to take now to avoid a cyber security breach and possibly being put out of business by a ransomware attack. Sixty percent of SME's never recover from a ransomware attack, and end up closing their doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner of Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses the status of U.S. banks, what caused the Silicon Valley Bank failure, and the health of manufacturing in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr, Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner at Armada Corporate Intelligence, launches The Flagship Reports, an Officer of the Watch briefing on aspects of the general economy, coupled with information from the Armada Strategic Intelligence System (ASIS) for manufacturing. ASIS provides 95% accuracy about conditions in durable goods and where that sector is headed near-term. Both an inexpensive subscription reports for anyone interested in the economy in general and manufacturing in particular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio welcomes Ara Surenian from Plex, the Smart Manufacturing Platform that connects your people, systems, machines, and supply chains. Lew and Ara discuss Plex’s products which include Enterprise Resource Planning, Manufacturing Execution System, Supply Chain Planning, Production Monitoring and more. Find out how to run your manufacturing operations more efficiently on this episode of Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Barry Sample Ph.D., senior director of science and technology, at Quest Diagnostics, and a board-certified forensic toxicologist discusses workplace drug use, how companies can test for it, how employees feel about it, and the decline in drug use at companies that do test for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome back to the show Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the Services ISM Report on Business® and Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee for this special episode of Manufacturing Talk Radio as we take a look at what lies ahead for the manufacturing and services industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry stresses the importance of consumers communicating to retailers their desire to buy made-in-USA products and that retailers should make it easy to find those products on their shelves. Lew and Harry talk about what defines “made in America” when it comes to the parts used in a product, and Lew shares his solution for the skills gap by way of immigration policy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Cliff Waldman welcomes special guest Eric Chewning, partner at McKinsey & Company and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy to talk about his Pentagon experience as it relates to industrial policy as well as the manufacturing competitiveness writing that he has done at McKinsey & Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business® discusses the PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) details that continue to show expansion, the major PMI categories impacting the overall number, and industry sectors showing strengths and weaknesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, senior international correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses the purchasing conditions in countries around the world, and headwinds that might hit the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, presents the National Association of Credit Management's CMI (Credit Manager's Index) Report, and his views on inflation, GDP, and the National Debt with a comedic touch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business® discusses the PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) details that continue to show expansion, the major PMI categories impacting the overall number, and industry sectors showing strengths and weaknesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Harry and Lew welcome Harold Schoch, Chief Executive Officer of Fives Machining Systems Inc. and Matt Shockey, President of the Grinding Ultra Precision business line of the Fives Group. Fives designs and manufactures machines, process equipment, and production lines for the world’s largest industrial groups. From the first railway lines to the Eiffel Tower lifts and Factory 4.0, for over 200 years Fives has been designing the disruptive solutions and technologies that make up the industry. As a pioneer of decarbonization and digitalization, Fives is always one innovation ahead thanks to its ability to anticipate customer needs. Harry, Lew, Harold, and Matt discuss the skilled trades gap, supply chain challenges, the importance of reshoring, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, senior international correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses the purchasing conditions in countries around the world, and headwinds that might hit the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nancy LeMaster, Committee Chair of the ISM's Hospital Report on Business(R) discusses the latest report in detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join John Kennedy, CEO, NJMEP and Tony Demakis, President, Alliance Specialties & Laser Sales as they discuss the workforce shortage from the manufacturer’s point of view. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the Services ISM Report on Business® discusses the latest report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haytham Elhawary, founder and CEO of Kinetic, discusses wearable technology to maintain social distancing in the workplace to ensure worker safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chairman of the ISM's Services Report on Business(R) discusses the latest Service Sector Index report detailing the strengthening or weakening of the service sectors of our economy, and is presented in depth exclusively on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices