Manufacturing Talk Radio

Mr. Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R) presents his insights on the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index and why it appears to be “a breather” from the above 50 midpoint that signals manufacturing expansion unless, as Chris Kuehl noted economist with Armada Corporate Intelligence and Economist for the FMA, it is a harbinger of things to come as his Credit Managers Index may portend.  Hear both sides of the manufacturing coin as co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss discuss how the industry seems to be doing and where it might be headed for the balance of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing sits down with Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to discuss 8 ways a divided Congress and White House can boost manufacturing, covering infrastructure, innovation, tax reform, China, Made in America, the opening of foreign markets, job training and energy independence.  You may have heard these topics here and there – now tune in for one concise overview of what is needed and how the AAM and other organizations are pushing harder and more frequently to move elected officials from their page to our page on Manufacturing Talk Radio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturers are losing contracts to Unicor, GEO, Deptcor and over a dozen other private prison operators, unable to compete with prison labor rates, or not even allowed to bid on some contracts under an unfair system permitted under the 13th Amendment to the U.S Constitution and launched in 1934 by President Roosevelt with the creation of Federal Prisons Systems (FPI) also known as Unicor.  The upbeat, flowery marketing language of these prison labor websites makes them sound as benevolent as Santa Claus despite underpinnings of longer prison sentences for non-violent offenders and a majority of inmates being black or Hispanic working for as little as 16 cents per hour. Hear about actual manufacturers who have lost business and been forced to cut jobs like Mickey Spooner, President of Allstate Office Interiors in Hamilton, New Jersey, or even been put at the brink of bankruptcy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How are leaders in Rust Belt cities and towns across America and Europe creating the renaissance from dilapidated factories to hotbeds of technological innovation? Find the answers as co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss interview Antoine van Agtmael, author of “The Smartest Places on Earth – Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss on Manufacturing Talk Radio as they delve into the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business(R) with Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair for this illuminating monthly update on the state of manufacturing in the U.S. Then stay tuned for Chris Kuehl, FMA economist with Armada Corporate Intelligence as he provides his wit and spin on the state of manufacturing here and around the world, with an update on Brexit. Tim and Lew will wrap up the show with commentary on ExIm Bank and the Federal Follies! From serious to lighthearted, it’s great to hear their insights. Visit our site at mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are high schools equally preparing young men and young women for blue collar jobs?  Are they equally emphasizing career and technical training or going to college?  A study by April Sutton, Amanda Bosky and Chandra Muller would indicate that in blue-collar communities suffer severe wage penalties relative to their male peers and women from non-blue collar communities.  Listen to co-author Amanda Bosky and special guest Haley Stevens, Director of Workforce Development at UI Labs present the findings of “Manufacturing Gender Inequality in the New Economy: High School Training for Work in Blue-Collar Communities”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can manufacturers keep older technology relevant in a face of constantly changing innovation? Potomac Photonic’s CEO and President Mike Adelstein is with us to explain how choosing tools that enable the integration of traditional and new technologies is the key to innovative solutions and hear how your factory floor can stay in step. Then stay on as Chad Moutray, Chief Economist with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) gives us his perspective on Brexit and what’s in store for manufacturers here and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chad Moutray, Chief Economist with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) gives us his perspective on Brexit and what’s in store for manufacturers here and abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Adriana Sanford, Mfg Talk Radio’s Senior International Correspondent for Corporate Compliance and Ethics, and Clinical Associate Professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business, visiting research professor of the Universidad de Talca, Facultad de Economia y Negocios, and a Dean’s Visiting Scholar of Georgetown University Law Center will be with us to discuss the legal and ethical issues behind Brexit, privacy, data protection and the transatlantic flow of data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mr. Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM’s Report on Business® presents the latest in-depth information on the PMI® Purchasing Manager’s Index covering June 2016. Brad offers listeners keen insights into the meaning behind the numbers. Then stay with us as Armada Corporate Intelligence’s Chris Kuehl, PhD and economist with the FMA, adds humor and wit to the service and manufacturing sector’s Credit Managers’ Index. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Berch, Manager, Office of Apprenticeship Training with the Connecticut Department of Labor, and Gary Coviello, Technical Support/Safety Manager at The Carby Corporation, are with us to discuss the state’s apprenticeship training program and how together they’re bridging the skills gap. Through this tremendously successful partnership of public and private enterprise, manufacturers across the state are meeting the challenges of 21st Century manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Jeff Burnstein, President of the Association for Advancing Automation, joins us to discuss the realities and misperceptions of how collaborative robots are transforming the manufacturing landscape. Many feel automation is threatening the industry’s workforce, but we’ll address manufacturing’s evolution and what’s in store for the coming years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Anderton, Content Director for www.engineering.com joins us for a look at the state of the machine tool industry. The US used to be the leader in machine tooling, but now Japan and Germany are the leading producers. How and why did this change take place, and why is it critical that we regain our former position? Is the government helping or hindering the industry’s recovery and what can be done to broaden the understanding of the machine tooling industry’s importance in the economy here and abroad? These are just some of the questions we’ll address in our episode focusing on the machine tool industry; past, present and future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) hosts a panel discussion on th best practices for hiring Veterans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Lew discusses the $15/hr minimum wage law in California and New York with KPRL host Dan Del Campo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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