Manufacturing Talk Radio

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

Increasingly, remanufacturing operations hold significant roles in sustainability initiatives.  Listen in as two leading voices in remanufacturing,  John Disharoon, Director of Market Access for Caterpillar’s Cat Reman and Dr. Nabil Nasr, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director of The Golisano Institute for Sustainability, discuss remanufacturing’s role in the circular economy with co-hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss.  Get up to speed on the intricate elements and challenges of the remanufacturing process today, and hear all about the R&D for tomorrow that will insure manufacturers keep non-renewable resources in circulation and costs down long after the original product would have hit the landfill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 July 2015. Then Professor Adriana Sanford discusses why Dodd-Frank was created and asks does it go far enough? Who is the average whistle blower? What should you do if you stumble upon something suspicious that may be the tip of the iceberg or the entire iceberg? Whether you are on the manufacturing floor, a supply chain professional, in receiving, or a corporate executive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7/28 - Environmental responsibility and financial costs needn’t be at odds for manufacturers to be successful at “going green.” Listen in as Danny Mishek, Managing Director and Co-Owner of SelfEco, Kate Bachman, Editor at the Sustainable Manufacturer Network and David Podmayersky, Chief Sustainability Officer of EarthColor, discuss with hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss manufacturers’ growing engagement in environmentally responsible practices through cleaner production processes, more efficient resource management and measurable reductions in waste and pollution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Meckstroth, Vice President and Chief Economist for the MAPI Foundation, the research affiliate of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) joins us to report on the US Industrial Outlook, published in late June 2015. Don’t miss this informative LIVE show only at mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Collaborative robotics are transforming the manufacturing shop floor and ushering in a new era in factory automation. Join us as Jim Lawton, Chief Product and Marketing Officer for Rethink Robotics shares how they’ve brought technologies like compliant motion control, embedded vision and advanced AI together; removing today’s industrial bots from the cage and placing them directly on the line to work interactively with people. Flexibility and versatility have been redefined so listen-in to learn how robots Baxter and Sawyer are bringing this revolution to a variety of manufacturers, large and small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every manufacturer in the U.S. could be adversely affected by the outcome of the Microsoft case and the Dublin emails. Learn why ten briefs have been signed by 28 leading technology and media companies, 35 leading computer scientists, and 23 trade associations and advocacy organizations that together represent millions of members on both sides of the Atlantic from Senior International Correspondent Professor Adriana Sanford as she explains what this case is about and why it could negatively touch every manufacturer across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, Committee Chair of the ISM Manufacturing Report on Business puts into context the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index number for June 2015 at 53.5 released July 1, 2015.  Then stay tuned to hear how every manufacturer in the U.S. could be adversely affected by the outcome of the Microsoft case and the Dublin emails. Learn why ten briefs have been signed by 28 leading technology and media companies, 35 leading computer scientists, and 23 trade associations and advocacy organizations that together represent millions of members on both sides of the Atlantic from Senior International Correspondent Professor Adriana Sanford as she explains what this case is about and why it could negatively touch every manufacturer across America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices