Manufacturing Talk Radio

What is Quality? In manufacturing, a measure of excellence or a state of being free from defects, deficiencies and significant variations. It is brought about by strict and consistent commitment to certain standards that achieve uniformity of a product in order to satisfy specific customer or user requirements. Michael Barry from the American Society of Quality (ASQ) returns to our program to discuss quality control at all levels within organizations.  Michael discusses how quality is a continuous process, that has no end. To learn more listen to this episode of mfg talk radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Barry from the American Society of Quality to discuss quality control at all levels within all organizations.  Regardless of the size of your company, you want to put out a quality product.  Learn how to manage that effort on Manufacturing Talk Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, the chair of the ISM and Tony Nieves, chair of the Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, discuss the Sept 2014 Report on Business PMI at 56.6% and economic trends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manufacturing Talk Radio aired a special live broadcast today at 1:00 p.m. EST Thursday with the three original founders and thought leaders of Manufacturing Day, Mr. Ed Youdell from Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International, Mark Troppe, Acting Director, Program Development and Manager of Strategic Partnerships with NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program, and Ned Monroe, Senior Vice President of External Relations for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).During the show, hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady spoke with Ed, Ned and Mark about the birth of Manufacturing Day, where manufacturing is going and growing in America, how the government could help or hinder those efforts, and some of the more than 1500 events taking place at manufacturing facilities all across America where company representatives are sharing the cool factor and great job opportunities in the industry (some 600,000 current openings). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elouise Young earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from MIT and today leads innovation programs on behalf of one of the world’s leading firms in the area of Open Innovation, NineSigma. Open Innovation, also known as external or networked innovation, is focused on uncovering new ideas, reducing risk, increasing speed and leveraging scarce resources. With a better understanding of “what is out there”, a company is able to lower risk by combining external capabilities with internal innovation resources. The old question of “Why reinvent the wheel?” clearly applies, as Open Innovation enables a company to connect with someone who has already developed the technology in need or who is further along the development path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Staffing specialists Scott A. Mayer, President and CEO of QPS Employment Group and Jeri Meyers, QPS Senior Regional Vice President.Scott and Jeri bring their considerable experience in the staffing industry to the show with advice and ideas for your small to medium sized enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guest Linda Menghetti Dempsey, vice president of international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) joins hosts Tim Grady and Lew Weiss. How can small and mid-sized manufacturers use the Ex-Im Bank? What are the effects if the ImEx bank can't keep it's operations going? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew and Tim join Daniel J. Meckstroth, PhD, to discuss a wide range of economic issues as they relate to the manufacturing sector.Daniel J. Meckstroth, Ph.D., is Vice President and Chief Economist for Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) and the research affiliate MAPI Foundation. He has been with MAPI since 1990 and coordinates the economic forecasting and analysis program, managing MAPI’s team of seven other economists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady talk to Bill Michels, President of ISM Services about how ISM provides training and development support for supply chain purchasing to companies in and outside of the manufacturing industry. Also in the is broadcast, Gil Truesdale from Orr Safety. Gil will discuss how his company helps manufacturing entities with their OSHA regulated safety issues by supplying personal protective equipment.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosts Lew Weiss and Tim Grady talk to Harry Moser from The Reshoring Initiative about bringing good, well-paying manufacturing jobs back to America. Our hosts also spent some time with Daniel Feiman about his organization Build It Backwards, which provides a unique approach to management and training consulting services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices