Manufacturing Talk Radio

Bryan Sapot, Director of Sales and CEO of SensrTrx discusses some of the nuances of equipment efficiency based on true availability with Manufacturing Talk Radio hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady. After listening to this show, you may discover hidden pockets of equipment availability than can improve you workflow and output, and learn how to schedule downtime so it has the least impact on your production. The implementation cost of sound OEE software is quickly recovered in just a few months. Listen to this show and get the benefit of true OEE. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio senior correspondent Norbert Ore discusses 18 surveys he follows in countries across the globe, as well as many regional surveys in the U.S. to get a forward feel for the mood of manufacturing as seen from new orders and the supply chain. Manufacturers can participate in this survey and gain access to two forward-looking reports each month for free as survey respondents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, Committee Chair for the ISM’s Manufacturing Report on Business delivers a live report to hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady on the PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) number that is tallied every month, along with an in-depth analysis of new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, inventories, customer inventories, prices, backlog of orders, new export orders and imports. 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.   For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is Mark Dohnalek, President & CEO of Pivot International, a US-based, global product design, engineering, and manufacturing firm with strengths in industrial design, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and software development. In this episode Mr. Dohnalek talks with hosts Lew and Tim about growth through acquisition and how what they are doing at Pivot has been critical to their accelerated growth which includes 5 acquisitions in the past 2 years as well as 3-D printing trends, global supply chain trends and more. For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ISM Committee Chair Anthony Nieves presents the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business(R) that includes 18 non-manufacturing industries: Mining; Utilities; Retail Trade; Educational Services; Wholesale Trade; Construction; Transportation & Warehousing; Public Administration; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Finance & Insurance; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Management of Companies & Support Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Accommodation & Food Services; Information; and Health Care & Social Assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lew Weiss welcomes Tim Fiore, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Business Survey Committee with an unprecidented look inside look at the ISM Manufacturing Report On Business for July 2018. Don’t miss this live report for a deep dive into the reprt and a close look at the latest developments through the world of manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lewis Weiss and Tim Grady welcome Sarah Boisvert, founder of Fab Lab Hub, an organization that helps start new maker spaces, conducts workforce and entrepreneurship training in digital fabrication, and organizes the annual DigiFabCon.  Find out how they help people “Dream it…Design it…Fabricate It…Change Your World!” only on Manufacturing Talk Radio. For more episodes visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Lew Weiss welcomes Craig Cegielski and John Silveria from The American Center for Student-Run Manufacturing Businesses to talk about their amazing solution to the manufacturing skills gap in America. Their program creates a self-funding, self-sustaining student-run business with local industry partners. Students run every part of the business from using CAD/CAM software, welding, machine tool operation as well as marketing and shipping. Learn more in this episode of Manufacturing Talk Radio. For more episodes visit MFGTALKRADIO.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners who returns to provide comparative commentary on 18 Purchasing Managers Index reports that are compiled worldwide. For more episodes visit MFGTALKRADIO.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conrad Mercurius, Coordinator of Advanced Manufacturing Tech, joins hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss the programs available at Raritan Valley Community College for students to improve their knowledge of advanced manufacturing, and the participation of employers. For more visit https://mfgtalkradio.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to the other half of the supply chain equation that accounts for 70 to 88% of the U.S. economy when host Tim Grady speaks with Anthony Nieves, ISM committee chair on the Non-Manufacturing Report On Business. Gain key insights into what is happening and the outlook for purchasing managers as the second half of 2018 begins. For more episodes visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Kuehl joins host Tim Grady to discuss the most recent Credit Manager's Index report and provide economic updates on the U.S. economy and tariffs.  The road is becoming a bit bumpy ahead. Listen to find out when the bumps turn into potholes or fissures - because the "R" word appears to be coming to America brought to you by tariffs and trade wars sponsored by the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mainstream media has viewers focusing on the form, but not the substance and solutions on the immigration issue.  Listen to Immigration lawyer, Michael Wildes from Wildes Weinberg, discuss with co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady the immigration problem that the 115th Congress - this Congress - needs to solve, whether the immigration issue is foreign students in this country without a pathway to employment, immigrants at our borders without a pathway to living and working in the U.S., or individuals already in this country without a pathway to citizenship.  For more visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2,905,500  recordable cases of workplace injuuries and 4,836 deaths were reported in 2015. Some number of these were preventable, and many were heat-related. Terry DeRise is the Manufacturing Director at Portacool, LLC for portable evaporative cooler manufacturing. Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady discuss hazard assessment and solution with Terry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norbert Ore, Director and Head of Industry Surveys for Strategas Research Partners who returns 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

Jason McNew, CEO of Stronghold Cybersecurity joins co-hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady to discuss cybersecurity threats to U.S. manufacturing, data for sale on the dark web, and other security concerns for business and industry online. For more on Manufacturing Talk Radio visit mfgtalkradio.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Join hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady as they discuss with ISM Committee Chair Anthony Nieves the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business(R) that includes 18 non-manufacturing industries: Mining; Utilities; Retail Trade; Educational Services; Wholesale Trade; Construction; Transportation & Warehousing; Public Administration; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Real Estate, Rental & Leasing; Finance & Insurance; Other Services; Arts, Entertainment & Recreation; Management of Companies & Support Services; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Accommodation & Food Services; Information; and Health Care & Social Assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Fiore, committee chair for the ISM's Manufacturing Report on Business updates hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady on the PMI (Purchasing Manager's Index) number that is tallied every month, along with an in-depth analysis of new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, inventories, customer inventories, prices, backlog of orders, new export orders and imports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices