Monthly Series: Manufacturing Think Tank with Cliff Waldman
Go beyond the mainstream media headlines with Cliff Waldman throughout his series on Manufacturing Talk Radio where he focuses on forces that are catalyzing rapid structural changes in the companies and sectors that comprise the dynamic manufacturing industry. Tune in on the last Tuesday of every month to hear the latest episode!
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April 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®
Manufacturing PMI® at 47.1% New Orders and Production Contracting Backlogs Contracting Supplier Deliveries Faster Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too High Prices Increasing; Exports and Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the …
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The following story was originally published by inverse.com by PAOLA ROSA-AQUINO As wind blows across the surface of the sea, it transfers loads of energy — in the form of a wave — to the …
Manufacturing companies double commitments
The following story was originally published by Axios Companies have committed more than $200 billion to U.S. manufacturing projects as President Biden’s “effort to spark a new industrial revolution gains momentum,” according to a new …
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Episode 789: Manufacturing Think Tank August 2023
In this episode of ‘Manufacturing Think Tank’ host Cliff Waldman is joined by Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of the National Association of Manufacturers. After discussing the path of U.S. inflation and the likelihood of a near-term U.S. recession, Chad discusses the recent manufacturing slump and the manufacturing industries that have been most impacted. The…
Episode 769: Manufacturing Think Tank: AI and Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence and its potential implications for the manufacturing industry Rob Seamans, Associate Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, joins host Cliff Waldman for this episode of ‘Manufacturing Think Tank’ to talk about the AI phenomenon shaking the world. During the course of the interview,…
Episode 751: Manufacturing Think Tank with Cliff Waldman
In this episode of Manufacturing Think Tank, host Cliff Waldman welcomes Mark Vitner, Chief Economist at Piedmont Crescent Capital to the show. Mark and Cliff discuss the current crisis in the global banking system, what further steps policy makers can take in the wake of the SVP and Credit Suisse situations, Mark’s outlook for the…
Episode 744: Manufacturing Think Tank with Cliff Waldman for February 2023
In this episode of ‘Manufacturing Think Tank’, host Cliff Waldman welcomes noted economist and technology expert Shawn Dubravac, President of the Avrio Institute and author of New York Times bestseller Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, LIve, and Communicate. The episode begins with a discussion of the…
Episode 716: Cliff Notes On The Global Manufacturing Picture for October 2022
In this episode of “Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture”, host Cliff Waldman offers the high points of a series of talks that he will be giving on the outlook for the increasingly troubled global economy. He begins by identifying the confluence of forces that have created the most difficult global inflation problem in…
Episode 710: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture for September
In this week’s episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman introduces the new video format for his show. In this first video episode he offers a discussion of the future of U.S. manufacturing at this time of heightened global economic and geopolitical turmoil. He notes that at least in the…
