Manufacturing Talk Radio

December 23rd at 1PM EST – The ILWU contract expired on July 1, 2014, and once again the West Coast port container offloads and onloads have been crippled during contentious union negotiations in the face of near-record imports and exports during the accelerating economic recovery. Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses have already occurred in agricultural exports, retail imports that will have to be dumped at fire sales after Christmas, manufacturing productivity losses from just-in-time raw material delays, and future losses from overseas buyers who will source products elsewhere in 2015 and beyond. Listen to our December 23rd show LIVE at 1PM EST as we talk about this prickly situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, economist, analyst and humorist who gives his unfiltered view of the outlook for 2015.  Dr. Kuehl is a noted economist working with the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association International who will present information from the FMA 2015 Annual forecast, the potential impact of the West Coast port situation, onshoring of employees from countries around the world to fill the labor gap, and other commentary on economic and government issues for the coming year.  His upbeat humor and down-to-earth style makes this show a must listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business and Tony Nieves, Chair of the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business present the ISM’s annual forecast for 2015. This in-depth analyst, culled from the respondents to the monthly reports of 2014, promises to be a sound and insightful projection of the most likely economic picture for manufacturing and non-manufacturing for 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

North America’s manufacturing sector is on an upward trajectory. However, a shortage of young talent, compounded by Baby Boomers’ negative perceptions about Millennials, could impact its continued expansion, according to ThomasNet’s latest Industry Market Barometer® (IMB) research.Guests Karen Norheim of American Crane and Kevin Wolfe of Powill Manufacturing join Linda Rigano of ThomasNet to discus the critical role Millennials play in the future of manufacturing in America and the challenges associated with making manufacturing “cool” again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The November PMI® registered 58.7%. The report was issued  by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.  Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November for the 18th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 66th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Mike Galiazzo, President of the Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland, will present his thoughts on changing the formula on how America competes, not whether or not we can compete. America needs to rethink education, human resources, and how we utilize resources to better benefit manufacturing in the 21st Century without creating more unemployment and poverty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandi Montalbano from Reshoring initiative. The mission of the Reshoring Initiative is to bring good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to the United States by assisting companies to more accurately assess their total cost of offshoring, and shift collective thinking from offshoring is cheaper to local reduces the total cost of ownership. Reshoring Initiative: Bringing manufacturing back to America. Listen live right here on Tuesday, November 18th at 1PM EST for our live free show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LIVE from FabTech 2014 in Atlanta, Hosts Lew and Tim welcome Ed Youdell from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association and Peter Hoecklin, President of Trumpf, the largest manufacturer of fabricating equipment and industrial lasers in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from FabTech 2014 in Atlanta! Wednesday's broadcast included: Dr. Chris Kuehl & Mark Hoper - Capital Spending Survey    Bob Southwell and Troy Roberts from AIDA America Rocky Bleier - Motivational Speaker Former NFL Super Bowl Champion Anne Goyer - CCAI Ron Jewell - Industrial Magnetics Inc. David McPhail from Memex Automation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from Fabtech 2014 Atlanta.Special Guests include Cindi Marsiglio, the U.S. Vice President of Manufacturing at Wal-Mart.Greg Dawson, the sales manager for Nordson Corporations Eastern United States Industrial Coating Systems Powder Division. William E. Gaskin is president of the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), a 501 (c)(6) trade association representing the $113-billion metalforming industry in North America, the industry that produces precision sheet metal components and assemblies used in autos, appliances, computers and thousands of other consumer, commercial and industrial applications.Monica Pfarr - AWS. Ms. Pfarr has been Corporate Director for Workforce Development with the AWS Foundation and Principal Investigator for Weld-ED, the National Center for Welding Education and Training located at Lorain County Community College since 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“The October PMI® registered 59 percent, an increase of 2.4 percentage points from September’s reading of 56.6 percent, indicating continued expansion in continued expansion in manufacturing. The report was issued by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. He is here today to discuss the report in detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Bennett, President of the Texas Association of Manufacturing  will join us to talk about the state of the State of Texas manufacturing; what’s happening, what’s hot, and what’s getting in the way for small and mid-sized manufacturers in Texas.The Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM) represents over 450 large and small companies from every manufacturing sector, employing more than 894,000 Texans with an average compensation of $79,350 a year (the highest in the private sector). Texas manufacturers contributed $211 billion to the Texas economy in 2012 and one-third of all corporate taxes collected by state and local governments. Manufactured goods account for 94.6 percent of all Texas exports and Texas has held the distinction as the #1 exporting state in the U.S. for several consecutive years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is Quality? In manufacturing, a measure of excellence or a state of being free from defects, deficiencies and significant variations. It is brought about by strict and consistent commitment to certain standards that achieve uniformity of a product in order to satisfy specific customer or user requirements. Michael Barry from the American Society of Quality (ASQ) returns to our program to discuss quality control at all levels within organizations.  Michael discusses how quality is a continuous process, that has no end. To learn more listen to this episode of mfg talk radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Barry from the American Society of Quality to discuss quality control at all levels within all organizations.  Regardless of the size of your company, you want to put out a quality product.  Learn how to manage that effort on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, the chair of the ISM and Tony Nieves, chair of the Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, discuss the Sept 2014 Report on Business PMI at 56.6% and economic trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio aired a special live broadcast today at 1:00 p.m. EST Thursday with the three original founders and thought leaders of Manufacturing Day, Mr. Ed Youdell from Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International, Mark Troppe, Acting Director, Program Development and Manager of Strategic Partnerships with NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and Ned Monroe, Senior Vice President of External Relations for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).During the show, hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady spoke with Ed, Ned and Mark about the birth of Manufacturing Day, where manufacturing is going and growing in America, how the government could help or hinder those efforts, and some of the more than 1500 events taking place at manufacturing facilities all across America where company representatives are sharing the cool factor and great job opportunities in the industry (some 600,000 current openings). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elouise Young earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from MIT and today leads innovation programs on behalf of one of the world’s leading firms in the area of Open Innovation, NineSigma. Open Innovation, also known as external or networked innovation, is focused on uncovering new ideas, reducing risk, increasing speed and leveraging scarce resources. With a better understanding of “what is out there”, a company is able to lower risk by combining external capabilities with internal innovation resources. The old question of “Why reinvent the wheel?” clearly applies, as Open Innovation enables a company to connect with someone who has already developed the technology in need or who is further along the development path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staffing specialists Scott A. Mayer, President and CEO of QPS Employment Group and Jeri Meyers, QPS Senior Regional Vice President.Scott and Jeri bring their considerable experience in the staffing industry to the show with advice and ideas for your small to medium sized enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guest Linda Menghetti Dempsey, vice president of international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) joins hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. How can small and mid-sized manufacturers use the Ex-Im Bank? What are the effects if the ImEx bank can't keep it's operations going? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew and Tim join Daniel J. Meckstroth, PhD, to discuss a wide range of economic issues as they relate to the manufacturing sector.Daniel J. Meckstroth, Ph.D., is Vice President and Chief Economist for Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) and the research affiliate MAPI Foundation. He has been with MAPI since 1990 and coordinates the economic forecasting and analysis program, managing MAPI’s team of seven other economists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices