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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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Job Quality Index Edges Up Slightly as High and Low Quality Jobs Rise
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) edged up by a tiny 0.016% in January to 84.11 as high-quality and low-quality jobs …
Why Robotics Are Stuck in Neutral Without the Right Intelligent Human Labor Management Solution
By Mike Babiak Throughout the industrial world and across every continent, businesses are making significant investments in robotics and automation. According to the McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey, automated systems will account for 25% of …
Green Aluminum; The Way of the Future?
The following story was originally published in our Manufacturing Outlook eZine. For a free subscription Click Here by Royce Lowe As some know, aluminum comes originally from bauxite, an ore that contains aluminum hydroxide, …
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Episode 612: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture
In this week’s episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman considers two significant disruptions to the U.S. manufacturing outlook. The emergence of a new variant of Covid-19 has generated rapid government action as well as much confusion around the world. And evidence that inflation has hit three-decade highs suggests the risk of a…
Episode 603: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture
As the global economy struggles to recover from the damage caused by an historic pandemic, Chad Moutray, Chief Economist of the National Association of Manufacturers, will once again be Cliff Waldman’s guest on ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’. In this live broadcast Dr. Moutray will give his 2022 forecast for US manufacturing performance…
Episode 586: NABE Conference Summary with Cliff Waldman
On This LIVE Episode of Manufacturing Matters, host Cliff Waldman recaps his experience at the NABE conference including outlook discussions by Fed officials as well as sessions on China, supply chain, and labor shortages.
Episode 578: Cliff Notes On The Global Manufacturing Picture with Cliff Waldman
In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’ host Cliff Waldman overviews the growing list of crises and disruptions in the global business environment. These include the delta variant, renewed terrorism threats and escalating cyber attacks. Cliff reviews recent economic and manufacturing data and then considers the manufacturing outlook in light of…
Episode 566: Cliff Notes On The Global Manufacturing Picture with Cliff Waldman
Host Cliff Waldman welcomes special guest Eric Chewning, partner at McKinsey & Company and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy to talk about his Pentagon experience as it relates to industrial policy as well as the manufacturing competitiveness writing that he has done at McKinsey & Company.
Episode 559: Manufacturing Matters with Cliff Waldman
Host Cliff Waldman welcomes special guest Stephen Ezell, Vice President, Global Innovation Policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington-DC based technology and economic policy think tank.