Manufacturing Talk Radio

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair of the ISM's Manufacturing Report on Business(R) discusses New Orders, Production, Employment, Supplier Deliveries, and Inventories that make up the composite Purchasing Manager's Index Number of 47.6 for August 2023, an improvement from the July reading of 46.4, with better performance in 4 out of the 5 measurements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, and Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss discuss a litany of critical topics including Artificial Intelligence, the U.S. national debt, and fishing! Don't miss this important episode of Moser On Manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of 'Manufacturing Think Tank' host Cliff Waldman is joined by Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of the National Association of Manufacturers. After discussing the path of U.S. inflation and the likelihood of a near-term U.S. recession, Chad discusses the recent manufacturing slump and the manufacturing industries that have been most impacted. The conversation then turns to the global picture with particular emphasis on growing concerns about the Chinese economy. The episode concludes with a discussion about changes in the post-pandemic manufacturing labor market and about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicholas Tana, CEO of Smart Media, discusses how movies are a manufactured product going through the same disruptive technological evolution as manufacturing itself, to the extent that the Hollywood Studio System may fade into history. With AI, it is already happening to many job roles across the movie making production line and distribution channels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden Higgins, Vice President of Practice Development at The Duffy Group, discusses how headhunters find highly-qualified, vetted candidates that save you time and money in the hiring process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chirs Kuehl, the highly-respected economist from Armada Corporate Intelligence talks about the balance of 2023, Shortages in Chips and Rare Earths, Issues with EV, and Manufacturing Headwinds - but Not a Recession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl gives viewers real facts and their impact from government policies, critical material shortages, electric vehicles, and the strength of our economy with more insight than the main stream media can deliver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Hull and Susan Conrad are two dynamic manufacturing experts who help clients identify problems and implement solutions in manufacturing operations to drive more profits and create more revenues for mid-market, start-ups, and generational change companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Nieves, Committee Chair for the Services Report on Business explains the strengths in 15 of the 18 sectors, how they performed in June, and what the balance of 2023 looks like based on current performance and the recent semi-annual forecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, ISM’s Committee Chair for the Manufacturing Report on Business® discusses the downturns in the Purchasing Manager’s Index and the beginnings of a recession. The aggressive rise in interest rates has pushed demand into contraction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most manufacturers consistently buy on the basis of price without taking into consideration such factors as quality differentials, carrying cost of inventory, and the value of having manufacturing and engineering close to each other. These factors and more represent the true Total Cost of Ownership. Guest Harry Moser shows us how to use the free True Cost of Ownership Estimator tool available on the Reshoring Initiative website to truly understand the cost of sourcing overseas vs buying domestically. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Thurman discusses her role in regulated project management, as well as her role with Women in Manufacturing. This interview flips between her separate roles and exciting developments in Wim in Texas. https://thurmanco.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses the upcoming recession (or not), why it will be (or won’t), and whether it will be short and shallow, deep and long, or some crazy combination thereof, with a touch of humor because you have to laugh you way through this mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Sassano disucsses how his firm has helped companies exceed their improvement expectations by three or four-fold without pouring a fortune into high tech systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Fleming, Founder of the Academy of Business Training jumps right into the 3 major flaws of outside training programs and how the Academy has created its programs to deliver value and results to companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest Services ISM Report with Committee Chair Anthony Nieves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, ISM’s Committee Chair for the Manufacturing Report on Business® covers a lot of good news within manufacturing despite the drop in the overall Purchasing Manager’s Index number. Has this soft landing been good for manufacturing versus a hard landing? June may cast the die for the balance of 2023 and 2024 if order books and backlog get any softer, but could improve rapidly if orders begin to flow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilana Preuss, Founder of Recast City, discusses how to bring small-scale manufacturers downtown into vacant storefronts that benefit everyone, from foot traffic to incubating manufacturers. For more on Recast City visit https://www.recastcity.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial Intelligence and its potential implications for the manufacturing industry   Rob Seamans, Associate Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, joins host Cliff Waldman for this episode of 'Manufacturing Think Tank' to talk about the AI phenomenon shaking the world. During the course of the interview, Rob discusses the big questions- labor market impacts, productivity impacts, changes in educational needs, supply chain impacts, and global competition impacts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio Host Lew Weiss and Harry Moser of the Reshoring Initiative discuss how manufacturers can establish Total Cost of Ownership in manufacturing using the Total Cost of Ownership Estimator Estimator. For more information visit https://reshorenow.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices