Manufacturing Talk Radio

New York based law firm of Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP is one of the largest law firms specializing in Customs law and related trade matters. Partner Robert Silverman joins MTR to discuss the recent steel tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stay tuned as Norbert Ore - Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys and Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio discusses the international industry surveys he follows in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, as well as several importanrt regional surveys around the U.S. which are always insightful and informative as the economy moves into the second quarter of 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the National Association of Manufacturers provides his update and insights on the manufacturing economy as it enters the second quarter with the looming headwinds of tariffs and possible inflation on the horizon. Will tariffs roil and roll the GDP back into the 2 percent something range, or will it be able to generate growth into the 3+ percent range? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturers trying to throttle up their internal data systems have many software suppliers to vet, and eventually have to settle on one - but how can you be sure it is the right one. Ultra Consultants is an advisory firm to walk manufacturers through the supermarket of software after discussing their manufacturing needs and wants for modern manufacturing software, as well as help during the installation process. While each software provider has their own internal team or outside implementors to modify the software for each manufacturer's use, they are focused on their solution. Ultra Consultants is focused on YOUR solution - what do you need, what do you want and how you can achieve it.  Big Difference. Hear hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady interview Jeff Carr, CEO of Ultra Consultants, and get a powerful infographic that lays out your software options at https://mfgtalkradio.com/ultra-consultants/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady interview Paul Ryznar, founder and CEO of OPS Solutions and creator of Light Guide Systems—a revolutionary augmented reality (AR) tool that uses projected lights and proprietary software to transform manufacturing, assembly and training processes in virtually every industry from automotive to medical. LGS combines the best of human intelligence and technology to optimize manual processes and works with operators to save and improve manufacturing jobs. Hear about a cool new technology in manufacturing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many manufacturers do not use the cloud to run their plants or gather data to increase efficiency or reduce time or material waste. Diego Tamburini joins co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss why manufacturers should use the cloud and the many benefits they can access by doing so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Survey for Strategas Research Partners and an MBC contributor, discusses some of the 18 manufacturing industry surveys he follows around the world, as well as some always interesting regional surveys in the U.S.  Listen in as hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady get in-depth information on the ebb and flow of manufacturing information that provides crystal ball insight into the next few months of business activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Jennifer Hagan-Dier, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Director at the University of Tennessee explains how MEP’s support manufacturers “from the  front door to the back door, the C-suite to the plant floor”. Host Lew Weiss gets all the details important to any manufacturer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen as hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady discuss the Credit Manager's Index and the possible impact of tariffs on the U.S. economy. If the Fed gets overly aggressive with interest rates, and if the U.S. Government sweepingly applies tariffs, they we could be in for a very different 2018.  Listen and learn on this fascinating show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Institute for Supply Management calculates two key indicators each month on the strength of the U.S. economy that are released with in-depth reports by the committee chairs Tim Fiore for the Manufacturing Report on Business(R) and Anthony Nieves for the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business(R).  This information has been followed by the White House and major media outlets for decades, but you only hear a snippet of the information. Get the full story with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady on this episode of Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Watkins is a financial advisor sharing his expertise in locating and recovering tax credits for manufacturers, including the Workers Opportunity Tax Credit, R&D tax credits, Tax Incentive Recovery, and others that are either overlooked or not seriously considered by manufacturers, even though the manufacturing industry has more tax credit incentives than any other industry in America. Listen as Lew Weiss and Tim Grady discuss where manufacturers are paying or have paid too much in taxes and could have more money in their bank accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Kennedy, President of the New Jersey Manufacturing Extention Program was joined by Lew Weiss, President of All Metals & Forge Group and co-host of Manufacturing Talk Radio summarizes their presentation to the New Jersey Legislative Bi-Partisan Manufacturing Caucus in Trenton, which was attended by other manufacturing leaders including Scott Mele, President of Tektite Industries, Matt Putt, Executive Director of Employment Horizons, Jim Minadeo, President of Zero Surge, Casey Muench-Bickhardt, President of GEMCO, and Gail Friedberg of ZaGO Manufacturing to discuss the minimum wage, the skills gap, workforce development and oppressive taxation with New Jersey State Senators Robert M. Gordon, Robert Singer and Linda Greenstein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lew Weiss and Tim Grady interview Royce Loew, Senior International Correspondent for Manufacturing Talk Radio covering Europe and the UK.  Economic indicators are all moving in a positive direction and there is even a remote possibility that the U.S. could see a 4.0 GDP at least in one quarter of 2018, especially as our trading partners around the world experience their own manufacturing renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they interview Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners. Economic indicators are all moving in a positive direction and there is even a remote possibility that the U.S. could see a 4.0 GDP at least in one quarter of 2018, especially as our trading partners around the world experience their own manufacturing renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join forces with co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they interview Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the National Association of Manufacturers.  Economic indicators are all moving in a positive direction and there is even a remote possibility that the U.S. could see a 4.0 GDP at least in one quarter of 2018, especially as our trading partners around the world experience their own manufacturing renaissance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business is booming!  Anthony Nieves, committee chair for the Institute for Supply Management's Non-Manufacturing Report on Business(R) joins co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the 12-month index high and the strength of the underlying factors that have pushed the report into the rarified air.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For months now, Dr. Chris Kuehl, noted economist for the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International and managing partner at Armada Corporate Intelligence enlightens listeners on the month-by-month ups and downs of the Credit Manager's Index for the National Association of Credit Managers. Join co-hosts Lew Weiss and Time Grady who query Chris why, in spite of a growing economy, the index has not been able to establish a steady course in either direction. Then, learn a bit about the overall economy and manufacturing as Dr. Kuehl discusses the general state of affairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady have been discussing the Skills Gap problem and exploring solutions. On this show, Judy Savage, Executive Director of the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools shares how these high schools and adult education facilities prepare students for jobs when they graduate or a head start and focus on their college degree. They also work directly with employers to gear students up to meet the skill sets required for jobs.  Each county has these Vo-Tech schools preparing students for up to 30 different career paths. Listen and then visit www.careertechnj.org for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Wildes, partner in the law firm Wildes and Weinberg, discusses DACA with co-hosts Lew Weiss and Time Grady. If DACA isn't fixed by Congress, what is the impact on manufacturing? How many employees working in manufacturing plants will be deported? Can Congress step up and do its job without poisoning the well with aspects of a bill that simply won't pass the House or Senate? These unknown issues will clearly adversely impact manufacturing across the country if Congress can't fix DACA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to Gary Slawik, Manager of Apprenticeship and Training Programs at Bihler of America talks about vocational training then and now for careers in manufacturing which are the future of good-paying, steady, interesting and challenging careers. The solution is showing teenagers and young adults that this career path can be more rewarding than others they are considering, and providing parents proof that manufacturing has a plethora of pathways for the future of their children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices