Manufacturing Talk Radio

In this NEC webinar, Cliff Waldman of New World Economics, Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automotive Research and Don Leavens of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association will discuss the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic on US manufacturing. Panelists will discuss the hit to total manufacturing growth and the growth of key manufacturing subsectors before considering plausible recovery scenarios. The discussion will also include an assessment of longer-term effects on such critical matters as sourcing and supply chain, innovation investment, automation, and workforce development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems so simple – it has wheels on it, you load it up and move it – until it becomes industrial. Then, casters matter, weight matters, direction matters, speed matters – and someone who knows the right casters for the right application matters. Hear Joe Lyden discuss the oft-overlooked science of casters with co-hosts, Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristjan Vilosius is CEO of Katana, a unique software as a service to help manufacturers move from spreadsheets to modern software, and open the new and exciting channel of DTC - Direct to Consumer sales of product. This is a growing trend in manufacturing that hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady have been hearing about in interviews, industry periodicals and events, and it is something you can explore in this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Credit Manager's job is to evaluate the ability to get paid, but what happens when the economy shuts down? Dr. Chris Kuehl discusses the unprecedented possibilities with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is legacy lunacy? Modern, cloud-based software creates efficiencies with favorable ROIs when integrated correctly. Listen as Tushar Patel, Chief Marketing Officer of CLEO, discusses their solutions in designing, deploying, operating and optimizing the integration of legacy systems with modern software, with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sunny Han, founder and CEO of Fulcrum, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss integrating legacy software and paper-based processes with one software system to provide manufacturers with end-to-end visibility of their production operations so they can actually improve the process rather than merely managed it. This is a jump into Industry 4.0 without the pain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Senior Correspondent for Industry Surveys for Manufacturing Talk Radio, discusses crisis management, and why risk management is key to surviving the impact of an unexpected event, in this discussion with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. Preparing for the next crisis will help you get through this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is unlikely that very many economists ever thought they would have to contemplate the impact of a rapidly spreading, globally menacing pathogen on the economic outlook. But that day is upon us. Of course at Manufacturing Talk Radio, our focus is on the US manufacturing sector. In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman will discuss the just-released report on February industrial production as well as the most recent report on manufacturing from the Institute for Supply Management to begin to offer a picture of how the coronavirus crisis is impacting US industry. He will conclude by putting the data in the context of a rapidly changing set of circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla truck and the windows shattered?  It didn't have to be!  Hear Shawn Kitchell, President and CEO of Madico, a coating solutions manufacturer that makes coatings for windows discuss the many solutions they provide for business, industry and consumers in this fun discussion with hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Shawn DuBravac, Chief Economist of IPC, and Falan Yinug, Director of Industry Statistics and Economic Policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association, discuss the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on the electronics and semiconductor industries. Both guests respond to questions about fundamental price and employment outcomes but also discuss broader issues such as the lessons from previous crises as well as the appropriate policies for mitigating the damaging effects of the coronavirus shock on global manufacturing performance. The interview concludes with a discussion of potential longer-term industry consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices