Manufacturing Talk Radio

Hosts Lew and Tim welcome to the show Patricia Lee, Director of Marketing for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. and its charitable foundation Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs. Patricia is also the marketing lead for the national Manufacturing Day program which FMA co-produces. MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcomed to the show Vijay Saha, Founder and CEO of Sererra Consulting Group and Ryan Evans, Director of Sales for the NetSuite Practice at Sererra Consulting Group. Learn how technology has advanced where one body of seamless software can encapsulate an entire business and give small and mid-sized companies all the business management and marketing tools they need to handle and grow their operation from initial prospecting and sales through production, invoicing and eventual follow-up customer nurturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests Bill Gallagher and Tim Laughlin from CapFlow Funding Group. Learn how your business can gain access to working capital through three different lending solutions  at affordable rates in less than 2 weeks for companies with annual revenues between $2 million and $30 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our August 12th 2014 show included a special guest from the Department of Commerce. Susan Widmer, Director, Northern NJ Export Assistance Center joined hosts Lew and Tim to discuss Export Assistance for Small to Medium Size Businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest Brad Holocomb, Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. Mr. Holocomb discusses the latest ISM Manufacturing Report on Business in detail with Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss talked with Natalia Olson-Urtecho, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration about how the U.S.S.B.A sees the state of the economic recovery and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Cliff Waldman, Senior Economist and Council Director to the MAPI Manufacturing Council joined Lew and Tim to discuss the global manufacturing economy. Mr. Waldman regularly writes and speaks on U.S. and global economic trends. He has authored a number of papers and published several articles on the Chinese economy, winning a national award for a paper on Chinese demographic trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady were joined by Tracy Tenpenny, Owner and Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tailored Label Products, manufacturer of custom engineered specialty labels. Also joining Lew and Tim was Karen Norheim Vice President of Marketing and IT at American Crane and Equipment Corporation who joined the business at her father’s behest and found a bright, challenging future she never expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Linda Rigano, Executive Director of Media Relations of ThomasNet, and M.L. Peck, Senior Vice President of Program and Product Development at ISM, will give listeners an exciting update on the 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars program, and Kevin Wolfe, General Manager of Powill Manufacturing and Engineering, a veteran-owned small business in Phoenix, AZ, will be discussing that company’s challenge of finding qualified individuals under 30 to fill jobs at Powill, a common problem heard throughout the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest drop in the GDP since 2009 occurred in the first quarter of 2014. What does it mean? Is the media ignoring it or fanning the flames of recession? And what's happening in Washington? Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady discuss these and other topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady talk to Bill Michels, President of ISM Services about how ISM provides training and development support for supply chain purchasing to companies in and outside of the manufacturing industry. Also in the is broadcast, Gil Truesdale from Orr Safety. Gil will discuss how his company helps manufacturing entities with their OSHA regulated safety issues by supplying personal protective equipment.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady talk to Harry Moser from The Reshoring Initiative about bringing good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to America. Our hosts also spent some time with Daniel Feiman about his organization Build It Backwards, which provides a unique approach to management and training consulting services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lewis Weiss is President of All Metals & Forge Group, a manufacturer of open die forgings and seamless rolled rings. He discusses his insights into the benefits of forgings, and how they are used in many industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, the Committee Chair who prepares the Institute of Supply Management Manufacturing Report on Business® and Mr. Tony Nieves, Committee Chair of ISM’s Non-Manufacturing Report on Business® discussing the key economic measurements of American business and industry with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. This historic combined conversation covered indicators from recent economic news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode featured interviews with Harry Moser, Executive Director of Reshoring Initiative (www.reshorenow.org) discussing jobs coming back to America, and Ray Bacon, Executive Director of the Nevada Manufacturing Association (www.nvmanufacturers.org) discussing what has been happening at the state level in Nevada and neighboring states. These interviews were recorded live at ISM2014 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guest Dr. Steve Melnyk, professor of Operations Management for the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University join the program in an interview recorded live at ISM2014 in Las Vegas. George Krauter, Vice President of Storeroom Solutions talks about how his organization works with manufacturers to optimize handling of their maintenance, repair and operating materials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Brad Holcomb Committee Chair of ISM and Tom Derry President of ISM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest Linda Rigano, Executive Director, Media Relations, of ThomasNet and M.L. Peck, Vice President of ISM discuss exciting developments and young people in manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Email Marketing with Craig Rovere of Rovere Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ISM's Brad Holcomb returns to the show to discuss the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Report on Business for February. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices