

Manufacturing Talk Radio
Jacket Media Co.
Manufacturing Talk Radio is a podcast for listeners in all manufacturing industries. The show is hosted by Mr. Lewis A. Weiss, President and Founder of All Metals & Forge Group, and co-host Mr. Tim Grady. Presented by Jacket Media Co., each show provides the guest with an opportunity to present more broad or in-depth information from their area of expertise that is important to America’s manufacturers. Visit us online at www.mfgtalkradio.com. Presented by All Metals & Forge Group, www.steelforge.com.
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Sep 2, 2014 • 56min
S2-E9 Patricia Lee, Director of Marketing
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

Aug 26, 2014 • 53min
S2-E8 Integrating Business Strategy and Cloud Technology
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

Aug 19, 2014 • 55min
S2-E7 CapFlow Funding
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

Aug 12, 2014 • 44min
S2-E6 Export assistance from the U.S. Department of Commerce
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

Aug 5, 2014 • 53min
S2-E5 ISM Report
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

Jul 29, 2014 • 54min
S2-E4 Presidential appointee Natalia Olson-Urtecho of the US SBA on the state of the economic recovery
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

Jul 22, 2014 • 52min
S2-E3 Senior Economist Talks Global Manufacturing Economy
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

Jul 15, 2014 • 51min
S2-E2 Finding and Hiring Millenials - How They Think Differently and Why We Don't Understand Them
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

Jul 8, 2014 • 47min
S2-E1 Update on Manufacturing's 30 Under 30
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

Jul 2, 2014 • 47min
S1-E21 2.9% Drop in GDP
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