Manufacturing Talk Radio

Dr. Chris Kuehl, author of the monthly Credit Manager’s Index report, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the latest details in the world of credit managers, as well as general economic conditions in the manufacturing industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we are privileged to host Bill Strauss, Senior Economist and Economic Advisor at the Federal Bank of Chicago and the Fed’s leading expert on US manufacturing. Bill offers perspective on the slow recovery of the US manufacturing sector from the Great Recession and on the much-discussed issue of manufacturing productivity. The interview then turns to various elements of US manufacturing competitiveness including technology, workforce, and the value of the dollar. The discussion concludes with Bill’s thoughts on manufacturing subsectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Tim Fiore, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Business Survey Committee with an unprecedented inside look at the ISM Manufacturing Report On Business for March 2019. Don’t miss this live report for a deep dive into the report and take a close look at the latest developments through the world of manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, host Cliff Waldman discusses his thinking and research insights on automation, a phenomenon that is rapidly reshaping manufacturing processes. Cliff offers comments on the incidence of automation investment, the intersection of automation and other types of physical investments and the implications of automation for productivity performance in manufacturing. Cliff lists important unanswered questions and concludes by framing the automation policy debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ritch Ramey is the engineering technologies coordinator at the Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative, or RAMTEC, which provides training to high school students and incumbent workers on industry-standard facilities and equipment. RAMTEC is located at the Tri-Rivers Career Center Advanced Manufacturing facility in Marion, Ohio; other training sites are now located at most career and technology centers throughout the state. Ritch has served Tri-Rivers Career Center since 1987, leading the instruction of high school students in engineering and industrial robotics. He is involved in the Project Leads the Way high school Digital Electronics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing courses. He also teaches industrial robotics, CAD, digital electronics and CNC, among other courses, at Marion Technical College. Ritch received his bachelor of science degree in technology at Bowling Green State University, his vocational education certification at the University of Toledo and his associate degree in manufacturing engineering at Marion Technical College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode noted auto industry expert Haig Stoddard talks to host Cliff Waldman about challenges shaping the U.S. motor vehicle subsector. After overviewing industry growth prospects, the interview turns to product innovation, with discussion of electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles. Human capital challenges in the U.S. auto industry are considered, most notably the relative scarcity of engineers. Haig also addresses the auto demand implications of aging populations, falling birth rates, and millennial generation location decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners, and Senior Correspondent with Manufacturing Talk Radio, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the Purchasing Manager’s Index reports around the globe and across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Manufacturing Matters, host Cliff Waldman welcomes Jeremy Leonard, Director of Global Industry Services at Oxford Industries to the show to discuss the relationship between R and D, innovation and productivity, the drivers of business investment spending in manufacturing, complementarity or substitutability of business investment and employment and structural technological shifts affecting manufacturing such as the Internet of Things. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edward [Ned] Hill, Professor of Economic Development at The Ohio State University’s John Glenn College of Public Affairs and the section on City and Regional Planning joins Manufacturing Talk Radio to discuss Manufacturing 5.0, the trade war and trade policies, the skills gap and much more. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Chris Kuehl, Manufacturing Talk Radio Senior International Correspondent chats with show hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady about the favorable and unfavorable numbers within the Credit Manager's Index report issues February 28, 2019, which was a good month for credit managers as favorables increased and unfavorables moved positive. Along with the ISM's PMI readings, February continues the expansion trend for the U.S. economy where exports are widely discussed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices