Manufacturing Talk Radio

Join us as Drura Parrish, CEO and Founder of MakeTime®, explains how this first on-demand machining platform provides turnkey CNC machining from qualified U.S. suppliers. With unprecedented visibility into available U.S. supply, MakeTime® will intelligently match projects of any size to local production capacity, as well as source material and schedule logistics at the point of production to keep costs down. Outmoded business processes, like time-consuming RFQs and multi-step certification requirements, become obsolete with intelligent automation that measurably cuts the soft costs of doing business while supply chain risks are mitigated through a unique distributed manufacturing model that guarantees quality and on-time delivery at competitive market rates. Manufacturing’s lumbering giant has become nimble and lean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celeste Catano, Sr. Global Strategist at Kewill and Amy Magnus, Director of Customs Affairs & Compliance at Deringer are back with Manufacturing Talk Radio to update us on the ongoing compliance and implementation issues of the eCustoms platform, the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Listen in to hear how this program is impacting exporting and importing and stay informed about how, and if, your business will be affect effected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cliff Waldman, Director of Economic Studies at the Manufacturer’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Foundation is with us again to present MAPI’s latest economic forecast, plus important research on productivity in manufacturing. It promises to be an interesting discussion of GDP, global economic trends and indicators, and an in-depth look at why, and how, slowing productivity growth remains an escalating concern. A must listen for manufacturing executives across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can U.S. manufacturers compete globally when counterfeiting, cyber-attacks and piracy steal our intellectual property without penalty? Join us as Drew Greenblatt, Chairman of The National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation (NAJI) and Rob McKenna, partner at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, LLP, co-chair of its Public Policy Group, former Washington State Attorney General 2005-2013 and president of the National Association of Attorneys General 2011-2012 discuss how through NAJI, manufacturers and other businesses, associations and academics are working together to protect U.S innovation and prosecute those who poach our secrets. For more on NAJI, visit http://naji.org/report-ip-theft/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We open with Norbert Ore, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners who returns to provide comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide. Find out how, and why, they’re performing as they are. Then at 1:30, we will be discussing the The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) with Celeste Catano, Sr. Global Strategist at Kewill and Amy Magnus, Director of Customs Affairs & Compliance at Deringer. The new program will have a dramatic impact on the way manufacturers export and import their goods. Find out everything you’ll need to know about this new platform and how/if it will affect your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Despite misconceptions to the contrary, robotics are actually creating jobs and spurring manufacturing growth. Join us as Drew Greenblatt, CEO of steel fabricator Marlin Steel and Harry Moser, Founder and President of The Reshoring Initiative discuss how automation is helping manufacturers expand their production, save companies and return jobs to the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The skills gap has spurred a revival of apprentice programs, a trend supported by help from Federal, state and local programs. Listen in to learn how enterprise and education are working together when Raymond Vacarri, Director of NJ Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network, Ian Trammell, Exercutive Director of MechaForce, Michael Marchetti, Manager of “Dream it Do it” and Joerg Klisch, VP Opersations for MTU America, a product brand of Rolls-Royce Power Systems, join co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to discuss how companies can custom-build a workforce prepared for the digital, dynamic, and diversified manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With us today are Daniel J. Meckstroth, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Economist for MAPI Foundation, the research affiliate of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation and Bruce McDuffee, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Marketing Institute. We open with Dan Meckstroth, who discusses the latest MAPI quarterly economic forecast for manufacturing sectors. Hear how the next three months could roll out and what the key take-aways are for manufacturers in the US and around the globe. Then at 1:30pm we discuss why marketing matters for manufacturers with Bruce McDuffee. How can manufacturers effectively address the unique challenges they face? Learn about strategies, tactics and skills that will move your marketing efforts from cost to value, enabling engagement with your customers at every stage of the buying cycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your business CAN qualify for the R&D Tax Credit. Leading voices from Black Line Group Scott Schmidt, Principal and Founder and Rachel Bishop, Director of R&D Tax Credit Services unpack the R&D tax code for small to mid-sized manufacturers. Then it’s a deep dive into the Institute for Supply Management’s 2016 Business Forecast with Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM's Manufacturing Report on Business and Tony Nieves, Committee Chair of the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Fiber laser technology has become a real game changer in the Fabrication industry. Listen in as Frank Arteaga, head of product marketing, market region NAFTA, at BystronicUSA helps us gain a better understanding of the principles behind Fibernomics and the impact fiber lasers are having within the industry, both up and downstream. Learn how bringing real-time data to the forefront of manufacturing; not only for machine to machine communications, but also for real-time decision making and training needs, has changed the manufacturing landscape and is helping the industry address today’s most pressing challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lew talks about the Republican debate from a manufacturer's point of view. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis talks about manufacturing and climate change with Terry Moore on his program on CFAX 1070AM radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lewis Weiss talks climate change and it's effect on manufacturing on The Moneywise Guys, KERN 96.1 Bakersfield, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio was pleased to broadcast from FABTECH 2015 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, the premier industry trade show for metal fabrication, precision machining, welding, cutting and manufacturing engineering. This show is a 30 minute overview of the interviews and demonstrations conducted over four days at this fascinating event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s on the horizon for manufacturing? Join us as we unpack the latest Global Business Surveys with Norbert Ore, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and the former Chair of the Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. And what about the radical changes taking place within the industry’s markets, processes and technologies, supply and distribution channels , and the workforce that keeps it all humming? Stephen Gold, President and CEO of Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) is with us to discuss the key trends driving the 21st century’s manufacturing revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern – Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index number for October 2015. Then stay on to learn what the expansion and optimization approaches will be for US manufacturers as Jennifer Callaway, Council Director at Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) and Matt Highfield, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP join us to discuss “Footprint 2020,” a survey of senior manufacturing executives that provides insights into their key drivers for plant locations over the next five years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, October 27, 2015 1:00pm EST - The ExIm Bank continues to twist in the Washington wind as Republican supporters in Congress use a discharge petition to force a vote over the objections of House Financial Committee Chairman, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas). Even if passed by the House, any reauthorization will still have to be passed by the Senate, likely as a rider to another bill. In the meantime, thousands of employees in the U.S. are losing their jobs as major companies move production work to other countries that have an export-import banking mechanism, and at least one factory in Wisconsin is in the process of being shutdown. Want to hear more? Listen to Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 1PM ET – The net you’re casting to capture manufacturing talent may be riddled with holes. As the manufacturing skills gap looms larger every year, companies will be missing valuable opportunities to meet their needs if the talent pool of Americans with disabilities is overlooked. Listen-in as Tim Grady and Lew Weiss discuss recruitment and employment practices, enterprise-wide access, and community engagement and support services with Michael Murray, Chief Operating Officer for American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD), Lisa Montalbano, Director of Business Development for Employment Horizons. Also joining the program will be Michael DiDonato, President of Team Hoyt Running Chairs and leading voice in sales and marketing for Southbridge Tool & Manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Orr, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and the former Chair of the Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee joins us to provide comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide. Find out how and why they’re performing as they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:00pm Eastern Time – Manufacturing Talk Radio will be airing a special episode today, Thursday October 1, with Brad Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management(R) (ISM(R)) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee who will discuss the September Manufacturing Report on Business(R). This show goes beyond the simple sound bite of the ISM PMI number into the detail of the report including New Orders, Production, Employment, Supplier Deliveries and other sub-indices that make up the PMI number. Tune in to get all the information you need to make sound business decisions at mfgtalkradio.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, Sept 29, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET – Chandra Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing at the International Trade Administration, Ed Youdell, President and CEO of The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA), and Jennifer McNelly, President of The Manufacturing Institute join hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to share all that’s happening this year for MfgDay ®, the nationwide celebration of modern manufacturing that’s inspiring our next generation of manufacturers. Listen in as common misperceptions about manufacturing are dispelled, and hear all about the coordinated efforts by public and private enterprises to address the skilled labor shortage facing the industry. Learn how your company can engage, invest in and inspire the tomorrow’s manufacturing workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – Cliff Waldman, Director of Economic Studies at the Manufacturer’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Foundation regularly writes and speaks on U.S. and global economic trends. He will be with us presenting the MAPI quarterly economic forecast covering all sectors of the manufacturing industry. This in-depth discussion on economic indicators, employment trends, global competitiveness for U.S. manufacturers,iIndustrial economics, and macroeconomic conditions is a must listen for manufacturing executives across America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, Sept 15, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET – Join Christian Koestler, Vice President of Operations for STIHL, Inc., and Michael Daly, Director of Operations for Hypertherm, as they discuss lean manufacturing and eliminating waste and overburdened systems from your manufacturing processes with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. Then stay on as Norbert Orr, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and the former Chair of the Institute of Supply Managment’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee provides comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide and find out how and why they’re performing as they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – The case for women in manufacturing continues as we’re joined by Teresa Beach-Shelow, Owner and President of Superior Joining Technologies, Inc. and Traci and Lori Tapani, Co-Owners of Wyoming Machine to discuss programs designed to inspire women to enter, or further, careers in manufacturing. Whether you’re just starting out, hitting your professional stride, or changing careers, manufacturing holds a dynamic future for women of any age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time - Michael Schwerdtfeger, managing Director of Chapman Associates, Middle Market Mergers & Acquisitions, joins hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to outline the options available to retiring owners faced with decisions about closing, selling or merging their manufacturing business. Then stay with us as Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the ISM’s Purchasing Managers Index number for August 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – The case for women in manufacturing has never been stronger. Join us for the first of our two-part series on women in manufacturing as Allison Grealis, President of Women in Manufacturing and Karen Norheim, Executive Vice President of American Crane discuss the evolution of women in manufacturing and the business case for creating, and maintaining, a strong presence of women leaders in the industry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET: Economic indicators predict a bright future for manufacturing, but significant workforce challenges pit the landscape and darken its horizon. Join us as Gardner Carrick, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for The Manufacturing Institute, Mario Hernandez, President of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, and Gale Tenen Spak, Prime Contact, ManufactureNJ Talent Network and the Associate VP for Continuing and Professional Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology discuss how the industry is preserving its brain-trust of seasoned workers, recruiting and retaining fresh minds that are inspired by exciting innovation and re-training the workforce caught in transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Increasingly, remanufacturing operations hold significant roles in sustainability initiatives. Listen in as two leading voices in remanufacturing, John Disharoon, Director of Market Access for Caterpillar’s Cat Reman and Dr. Nabil Nasr, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director of The Golisano Institute for Sustainability, discuss remanufacturing’s role in the circular economy with co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. Get up to speed on the intricate elements and challenges of the remanufacturing process today, and hear all about the R&D for tomorrow that will insure manufacturers keep non-renewable resources in circulation and costs down long after the original product would have hit the landfill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the ISM’s Purchasing Managers Index number for July 2015. Then Professor Adriana Sanford discusses why Dodd-Frank was created and asks does it go far enough? Who is the average whistle blower? What should you do if you stumble upon something suspicious that may be the tip of the iceberg or the entire iceberg? Whether you are on the manufacturing floor, a supply chain professional, in receiving, or a corporate executive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7/28 - Environmental responsibility and financial costs needn’t be at odds for manufacturers to be successful at “going green.” Listen in as Danny Mishek, Managing Director and Co-Owner of SelfEco, Kate Bachman, Editor at the Sustainable Manufacturer Network and David Podmayersky, Chief Sustainability Officer of EarthColor, discuss with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss manufacturers’ growing engagement in environmentally responsible practices through cleaner production processes, more efficient resource management and measurable reductions in waste and pollution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Meckstroth, Vice President and Chief Economist for the MAPI Foundation, the research affiliate of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) joins us to report on the US Industrial Outlook, published in late June 2015. Don’t miss this informative LIVE show only at mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Collaborative robotics are transforming the manufacturing shop floor and ushering in a new era in factory automation. Join us as Jim Lawton, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Rethink Robotics shares how they’ve brought technologies like compliant motion control, embedded vision and advanced AI together; removing today’s industrial bots from the cage and placing them directly on the line to work interactively with people. Flexibility and versatility have been redefined so listen-in to learn how robots Baxter and Sawyer are bringing this revolution to a variety of manufacturers, large and small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every manufacturer in the U.S. could be adversely affected by the outcome of the Microsoft case and the Dublin emails. Learn why ten briefs have been signed by 28 leading technology and media companies, 35 leading computer scientists, and 23 trade associations and advocacy organizations that together represent millions of members on both sides of the Atlantic from Senior International Correspondent Professor Adriana Sanford as she explains what this case is about and why it could negatively touch every manufacturer across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index number for June 2015 at 53.5 released July 1, 2015. Then stay tuned to hear how every manufacturer in the U.S. could be adversely affected by the outcome of the Microsoft case and the Dublin emails. Learn why ten briefs have been signed by 28 leading technology and media companies, 35 leading computer scientists, and 23 trade associations and advocacy organizations that together represent millions of members on both sides of the Atlantic from Senior International Correspondent Professor Adriana Sanford as she explains what this case is about and why it could negatively touch every manufacturer across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June 30, 2015 Evolving issues of privacy, security and regulation are not preventing the UAV market from boldly moving forward. But is this nearly unregulated industry growing faster than solutions to critical problems and how are we pushing technology from academia to market? Brian Taylor, Director of the University of Minnesota Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Laboratory and Andrew Amato, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE join hosts Time Grady and Lew Weiss to discuss what’s happening in an industry that’s literally flying under the radar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guests and Hosts speak on the status of the reauthorization of the ExIm Bank, the federal bank on the verge of losing its charter because Congress can agree that the government should continue to support a financial institution that supports over one million jobs in the U.S., contributes over a half billion dollars to the U.S. treasury, and facilitates the sales of billions of dollars in U.S. goods to overseas buyers. She will be joined by Dan Clifton, head of Policy Research for Strategas, an institutional investment firm and later by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Representative for Michigan’s 12th congressional district who will speak on why reauthorization is a problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Small to mid-sized industrial manufacturers often overlook the substantial benefits of engaging existing and potential customers via virtual forums. This week, hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss are joined by Derek Edmond, Managing Partner, Director of SEO and Social Media Strategies for KoMarketing Associates and Danny Mishek, Managing Director of VistaTek to discuss effective strategies for creating, maximizing or taking to the next level, your company’s online presenc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear discussions with chief financial officers from several corporations talking about today's business climate from the CFOStudio Innovation Conference held at MetLife Stadium. This pre-recorded show is full are tidbits of helpful information for your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear discussions with chief financial officers from several corporations talking about today's business climate from the CFOStudio Innovation Conference held at MetLife Stadium. This pre-recorded show is full are tidbits of helpful information for your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pietsch, Director of the Office of Aerospace for the State of Washington and Lawren Markle, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporations join our hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss for the final episode of our Aerospace series, “Aerospace on the West Coast.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business put into context the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index number for May 2015. Senior International Correspondent for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, Professor Adriana Sanford, discusses Report on counterfeit parts and products in the supply chain by Manufacturing Talk Radio’s . A must-listen show for everyone, top floor to shop floor, involved in all aspects of manufacturing from the front office to production to loading dock including staff in retail, wholesale, and distribution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Susan Lavrakas, Consultant to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) on Workforce Issues, Kevin Wolfe, General Manager of Powill Manufacturing and Michael Chrobak, Executive Vice President of Lead Generation for TexasOne as they discuss Aerospace in the Southwest with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19th at 2:00PM ET - Professor Adriana Sanford, Senior International Correspondent for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, who also teaches at Arizona State University, discusses several topics that can impact U.S. manufacturers, especially those sourcing raw materials or component parts overseas or in Latin America, as well as companies who have goods assembled offshore or near shore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, May 19, at 1PM ET - Steve Calantuoni, Vice President of Marketing for The Tecma Group of Companies, Aldo Rodriguez, Director at Noranco, Inc., and Gale Thompson,renown industry expert and retired Vice President of Int'l Operations for The Offshore Group as they discuss Mexico's vibrant and growing aerospace industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ISM Brad Holcomb and Tony Nieves 2015 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices