Manufacturing Talk Radio

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 1PM ET – The net you’re casting to capture manufacturing talent may be riddled with holes. As the manufacturing skills gap looms larger every year, companies will be missing valuable opportunities to meet their needs if the talent pool of Americans with disabilities is overlooked. Listen-in as Tim Grady and Lew Weiss discuss recruitment and employment practices, enterprise-wide access, and community engagement and support services with Michael Murray, Chief Operating Officer for American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD), Lisa Montalbano, Director of Business Development for Employment Horizons. Also joining the program will be Michael DiDonato, President of Team Hoyt Running Chairs and leading voice in sales and marketing for Southbridge Tool & Manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Orr, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and the former Chair of the Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee joins us to provide comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide. Find out how and why they’re performing as they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:00pm Eastern Time – Manufacturing Talk Radio will be airing a special episode today, Thursday October 1, with Brad Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management(R) (ISM(R)) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee who will discuss the September Manufacturing Report on Business(R). This show goes beyond the simple sound bite of the ISM PMI number into the detail of the report including New Orders, Production, Employment, Supplier Deliveries and other sub-indices that make up the PMI number. Tune in to get all the information you need to make sound business decisions at mfgtalkradio.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, Sept 29, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET – Chandra Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing at the International Trade Administration, Ed Youdell, President and CEO of The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA), and Jennifer McNelly, President of The Manufacturing Institute join hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to share all that’s happening this year for MfgDay ®, the nationwide celebration of modern manufacturing that’s inspiring our next generation of manufacturers. Listen in as common misperceptions about manufacturing are dispelled, and hear all about the coordinated efforts by public and private enterprises to address the skilled labor shortage facing the industry. Learn how your company can engage, invest in and inspire the tomorrow’s manufacturing workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – Cliff Waldman, Director of Economic Studies at the Manufacturer’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Foundation regularly writes and speaks on U.S. and global economic trends. He will be with us presenting the MAPI quarterly economic forecast covering all sectors of the manufacturing industry. This in-depth discussion on economic indicators, employment trends, global competitiveness for U.S. manufacturers,iIndustrial economics, and macroeconomic conditions is a must listen for manufacturing executives across America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, Sept 15, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET – Join Christian Koestler, Vice President of Operations for STIHL, Inc., and Michael Daly, Director of Operations for Hypertherm, as they discuss lean manufacturing and eliminating waste and overburdened systems from your manufacturing processes with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss.  Then stay on as Norbert Orr, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners and the former Chair of the Institute of Supply Managment’s Manufacturing Business Survey Committee provides comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide and find out how and why they’re performing as they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – The case for women in manufacturing continues as we’re joined by Teresa Beach-Shelow, Owner and President of Superior Joining Technologies, Inc. and Traci and Lori Tapani, Co-Owners of Wyoming Machine to discuss programs designed to inspire women to enter, or further, careers in manufacturing. Whether you’re just starting out, hitting your professional stride, or changing careers, manufacturing holds a dynamic future for women of any age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time - Michael Schwerdtfeger, managing Director of Chapman Associates, Middle Market Mergers & Acquisitions, joins hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss to outline the options available to retiring owners faced with decisions about closing, selling or merging their manufacturing business. Then stay with us as Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the ISM’s Purchasing Managers Index number for August 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 1:00-2:00pm Eastern time – The case for women in manufacturing has never been stronger. Join us for the first of our two-part series on women in manufacturing as Allison Grealis, President of Women in Manufacturing and Karen Norheim, Executive Vice President of American Crane discuss the evolution of women in manufacturing and the business case for creating, and maintaining, a strong presence of women leaders in the industry today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday, August 18, 2015 1:00-2:00pm ET: Economic indicators predict a bright future for manufacturing, but significant workforce challenges pit the landscape and darken its horizon. Join us as Gardner Carrick, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for The Manufacturing Institute, Mario Hernandez, President of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, and Gale Tenen Spak, Prime Contact, ManufactureNJ Talent Network and the Associate VP for Continuing and Professional Education at New Jersey Institute of Technology discuss how the industry is preserving its brain-trust of seasoned workers, recruiting and retaining fresh minds that are inspired by exciting innovation and re-training the workforce caught in transition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices