Manufacturing Talk Radio

Senior Correspondent Norbert Ore joins host Tim Grady to discuss the international manufacturing picture of purchasing manager's indexes from 18 countries, including the EU, Asia, and South America. With the trade deals being signed, will manufacturing grow in 2020? For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading indicators give leaders insight to the near future, and how to steer through dangerous waters. Listen in as Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses the Credit Manager’s Index and other economic conditions with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fran Brunelle is the President of Accelerated Manufacturing Brokers, a company that will walk you through the process of selling your manufacturing company, who shares key insights with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady about getting your company ready for sale and going through the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady partake in a lively discussion with Dr. Chris Kuehl, managing partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence, and Cliff Waldman, host of Manufacturing Matters with Cliff Waldman - both noted economists and frequent contributors on Manufacturing Talk Radio, to provide a 2020 Outlook for manufacturing and the general economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady discuss the events that helped shape the manufacturing economy in 2019, including the trade wars, consumer confidence, the Skills Gap, and other major issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the show’s 25th episode, Sridhar Kota and Tom Mahoney, both of MForesight: Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight, join host Cliff Waldman to discuss their recent Wall Street Journal Op-ed, in which they argue that production offshoring by US manufacturers is depleting the US of critical innovation capacity. Sridhar and Tom respond to questions about the global context for their arguments, specifically relating to the need for US manufacturers to establish a foreign presence to sell into new and emerging markets, the value of a foreign multinational presence in the US, and complex multi-country supply chains. The interview concludes with a discussion of the authors’ policy recommendations for slowing the outflow of innovation from US shores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each month, Senior Correspondent Norbert Ore presents the results of the surveys he conducts for Strategas, an institutional brokerage and advisory firm, on the 18 Global Purchasing Manager’s Indexes (PMI) and regional U.S. surveys that are a clear indicator of the direction of manufacturing. Join hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady in this informative interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can't let a month go by without Dr. Chris Kuehl reporting on the Credit Manager's Index issued by the National Association of Credit Managers (www.nacm.org), along with his general comments on the state of the economy. Join Dr. Kuehl with co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they enjoy a conversation on credit conditions and where things could go wrong unless they go right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visual selling is the method of the future for companies presenting their products to customers. Learn how impactful this is from Chris Beaudin, Director of Marketing for AtlatlSoftware as he explains the benefits to hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady in this informative episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don’t miss Anthony Nieves, chair for Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) with the LIVE Non-manufacturing Report On business right here on Manufacturing Talk Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Institute for Supply Management®’s Report On Business® Series for November 2019. Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Chair, Tim Fiore for a closer look at the factors that went into the Manufacturing Report On Business and this month’s PMI. Don’t miss this in-depth, exclusive interview available only on Manufacturing Talk Ra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lydia Di Liello, Founder and CEO of Capital Pricing Consultants, speaks with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady about dealing with tariffs and building a holistic strategy for companies in the current environment of tariffs, which may not evaporate quickly, soon, or may not at all. Learn more for your company in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing is soft globally. Some countries are struggling more than others. Get more insight during this interview with Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and Senior Correspondent on Manufacturing Talk Radio. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Stein, Policy Reporter for the Washington Post joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss how the trade war and Trump tariffs failed to save some steel mills in the long run, and other issues impacting America’s industries. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the autonomous supply chain achievable? Can the cost yield the benefits to make it justifiable? Find out in this interview with Cary Vandenavond from JDA Software as he shares his insights with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As industry becomes more technologically sophisticated in manufacturing, some "simple machines" will remain ever-present, like carts that actually contribute to lean manufacturing. Ed Brown, founder of Topper Industrial in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to tout the features and benefits of industrial cart and conveyor solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, a managing partner with Armada Corporate Intelligence and chief economist for several non-profit organizations including the FMA and FIA, joins co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the current Credit Manager's Index issued by the National Association of Credit Managers, as well as the outlook for the U.S. economy in view of world and local events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Christopher Hooton, Senior Scholar at the George Washington University Institute of Public Policy and Chief Economist of the Internet Association and Peter Tyler, a professor in urban and regional economics in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, discuss their newly published paper on the impact of enterprise zones. Chris and Peter outline the basic findings of their study and discuss the role of manufacturing in enterprise zone development. Other topics include the relationship between enterprise zones and clusters, the impact of enterprise zones in developing economies, and the issue of capital pirating from surrounding localities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haytham Elhawary, CEO of Kinetics, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss REFLEX, a smart wearable device that automatically detects high-risk postures and provides workers with real-time feedback whenever high-risk motions to reduce the incidences of workplace injuries. Over time, workers can use REFLEX to improve their biomechanics, resulting in fewer injuries and improved well-being, while the company saves time and money in more workhours, fewer workplace injuries, and less paperwork on injury claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Uphoff, President and CEO of Thomas (thomasnet.com) joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss three major trends in manufacturing: State of US Manufacturing, The impact of the tariffs on US Manufacturers, and the digital transformation of industrial sales, marketing and supply chain management. Listen to this special episode to learn how to navigate this manufacturing turbulence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Akrur Barua, Economist and Executive Manager with Deloitte, discusses the current outlook as well as the evolving structure of the Indian economy. After commenting on the slowdown in India’s economic growth, Akrur responds to questions about development issues. In doing so, he discusses the role of the manufacturing sector in India’s longer-term picture. Other interview topics include demographics, the challenge of bureaucracy, and entrepreneurship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Barr is CEO and President of Leading2Lean, a company dedicated to helping manufacturers adapt to new technologies and digital lean methodologies that include the human element in an evolution called Manufacturing 4.0. Listen to learn what hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady uncover in this insightful interview on the future of manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Sweeney, President of GGB, engages in a broad-based discussion of workforce challenges faced by global manufacturers. Dr. Sweeney discusses the general U.S. manufacturing human capital problem and then focuses on her specific company issues. She describes a number of the workforce development programs and initiatives at GGB. The final part of the interview focuses on the educational system and its adequacy for the rapidly evolving manufacturing workplace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Credit Manager's Index is showing more negative signs than positive as uncertainty in the manufacturing industry increases across all sectors and we head for a period of mediocrity. Additional soft factors weighing on the economy are discussed by Dr. Chris Kuehl in this insightful interview with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Cutler is CEO of T.R. Cutler Inc, a manufacturing journalist who is quite vocal that there are too many manufacturers and companies serving the manufacturing sector that have simply neglected to tell their story. Cutler’s goal is to tell these manufacturing stories in an interesting, dynamic, understandable, and relevant way, so he joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady in a discussion to help manufacturers tell their stories. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Michael Ryan, Associate Director at IHS Markit, discusses the current financial picture as well as the financial outlook for the U.S. manufacturing sector. Mike also compares the financial picture in U.S. manufacturing to that of non-manufacturing. Amidst rising fears of a recession, he assesses the preparedness of US corporate balance sheets for an economic downturn and identifies the industries that would have financial difficulty in a recession. After comparing the U.S. non-financial corporate balance sheet and U.S. manufacturing sector balance sheet to the balance sheets in a range of countries around the world, Mike discusses the global interest rate dynamic. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lou Rassey is CEO of Fast Radius, a manufacturing lighthouse known as a smart factory. Need some clarity of that? Tune in and listen to hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady parse the topic with Mr. Rassey as they discuss a manufacturing future where the cloud is the parts and inventory warehouse, production is completed on-demand as close to the customer as possible, and logistics becomes most short-haul with reduced delivery times. Where does your company fit into the 21st Century manufacturing picture? For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amidst rising fears of a world economic downturn, Greg Daco, Chief US Economist at Oxford Economics, offered much-needed perspective on global economic and financial signals. Greg responded to questions about the mixed economic picture in the US and identified his biggest concerns outside of the US. He also offered analysis of the recent tumble in US bond yields. The interview concluded with a discussion of the high-flying dollar, a considerable challenge for US-based manufacturers. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys with Strategas Research Partners, and Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses the latest Global PMI Survey trends with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady that are showing short-term softening. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chair, Anthony Nieves, ISM Committee for the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, presents the details behind the overall number in a conversation with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Institute for Supply Management®’s Report On Business® Series for August 2019. Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Chair, Tim Fiore for a closer look at the factors that went into the Manufacturing Report On Business and this month’s PMI. Don’t miss this in-depth, exclusive interview available only on Manufacturing Talk Radio. According to the comments in the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R), “Comments from the panel reflect a notable decrease in business confidence. August saw the end of the PMI® expansion that spanned 35 months…”, according to committee chair Tim Fiore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the face of business uncertainty, Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses the latest Credit Manager's Index report and other economic conditions currently happening and potentially occurring in the near future with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rosemary Coates is Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, President of Blue SIlk Consulting and an Amazon.com best selling author well known for her knowledge in the supply chain arena. She joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the trade wars and its impact on businesses across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global manufacturing is in a slump. Will it result in the end to the longest economic boom in America’s history, or several months of sub-par GDP growth where manufacturing hunkers down and waits for the tea leaves to reveal the future? Join hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they query Norbert Ore, Director of Industry surveys for Strategas Research Partners, who follows 18 Purchasing Manager’s Indexes around the world and several regional U.S. PMI reports to show where the economies of our international trading partners appear to be headed. Don’t be fooled by the mainstream media that loves the drama of negative news – get the facts on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trillions of dollars in counterfeits are in the manufacturing supply chain and delivery chain. Joining hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady are Rosemary Coates, Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, and Imran Vakil, managing attorney for Nexio PC to discuss this pervasive problem and potential solutions. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl. The CMI or Credit Manager’s Index produced by the National Association of Credit Managers (nacm.org) is yet another slice of economic health that is presented each month by Dr. Chris Kuehl, as he discusses the report in depth as well as other economic factors impacting the U.S. economy including the tariffs with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Chair, Tim Fiore for a closer look at the factors that went into the Manufacturing Report On Business and this month’s PMI of 51.2% Don’t miss this exclusive interview available only on Manufacturing Talk Radio. for more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode, show host Cliff Waldman previews a much-anticipated decision from the Federal Reserve, which could result in the first interest rate cut since 2008. Cliff provides the economic backdrop for this pivotal Fed meeting and explains the role of manufacturing data in the Fed’s deliberations. He concludes by commenting on the implications of the Fed decision for US manufacturing companies that currently face many macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Salamone is Director of Vertical Engagements at the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NJMEP) joining hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the challenges in the food processing industry in New Jersey, which in many ways reflect similar challenges across the country. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greta Cutulenco, CEO & Co-Founder of Acerta Analytics Solutions joins Hosts Tim and Lew to talk about how Acerta uses Artificial Intelligence-powered Machine Analytics to get unparalleled insight into system quality and condition in the automotive industry and beyond. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys with Strategas Research Partners, and a Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses the Strategas Global Survey Insights report of Purchasing Managers Indexes for markets is Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as general economic conditions in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another insightful leading indicator report is the Credit Manager's Index with Dr. Chris Kuehl of Armada Corporate Intelligence, who reviews the data posted at www.nacm.org on the last day of each month from the organization whose members look 90-180 days into the future to how they will get paid for orders shipped. Tim Grady interviews Chris about the general direction of the economy and potential headwinds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Dean Foreman, Chief Economist of the American Petroleum Institute, offers perspective on the U.S. energy picture and its implications for U.S. manufacturing. After discussing the changing economics of energy, Dr. Foreman delves into longer-term issues such as energy-related research and development and alternative energy sources. The episode concludes with discussions of the impact of automation on manufacturing energy and smart energy practices for manufacturing companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Ellyson, CEO and co-founder of East West Manufacturing joins Manufacturing Talk Radio to discuss the services they offer in the arena of industrial manufacturing, and how they can help develop a prototype or take a prototype into production, with all the advantages of a team of engineers and production people in the U.S. as well as 5 other countries to help their customers make, inventory, pick, pack and ship B2B products, parts or assemblies faster and more effectively than trying to develop all that experience and execution in-house. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Don Leavens, Vice President and Chief Economist of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, discusses both cyclical and structural forces shaping the U.S. electrical manufacturing space. Following Don’s description of the electrical manufacturing growth picture, the questioning turns to product and process innovation. When asked about concentration and barriers to entry, Dr. Leavens offers an innovative global perspective on the market structure discussion. The interview concludes with Don’s assessment of the impact of demographic change on electrical equipment demand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners, and Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio talks with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady in an in-depth discussion of the Purchasing Manager's Index for June 2019, and the scattergram showing the movement of the indices of 18 countries, including the U.S. and some of its regional PMI's. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, noted economist, futurist and trendcaster, Dr. Shawn Dubravac, defines and discusses the basics of innovation and disruption in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Shawn addresses the challenge of measuring the impact of innovation and disruption given the complexities of domestic and global supply chains. The implications of the current period of rapid process innovation for manufacturing jobs and U.S. competitiveness are also discussed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence, discusses the latest Credit Manager’s Index report with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patricia Moran, Ph.D. and Director of Apprenticeship Programs with the New Jersey MEP joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the services of the Manufacturing Extensions Partnerships. Manufacturers can get a free needs assessment to determine how to improve and grow their company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode ‘Manufacturing Matters’ host Cliff Waldman discusses the Trump trade tariffs on China with Manufacturing Talk Radio's co-host Tim Grady. Cliff fields Tim's questions and unpacks the complex issue of why the tariffs were put in place and whether they can solve the challenges between two nations. Plus, he gives a clear description of why tariffs aren't just a simple math problem. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices