Small Business Advocate: Getting better at presenting ourselves on video platforms
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some things to work on that raise your level of professionalism when working on online video platforms, including your background and your sound equipment. Listen below.
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Small Business Advocate: Making the case for manufacturing reshoring and supply chain realignment
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on surveys that indicate a high percentage of companies doing business overseas are increasingly considering bringing their manufacturing activity back to the U.S. or at least this hemisphere. Listen below.
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Cloud Wars Podcast: Data Culture: "In God We Trust, All Others Bring Data" - Episode 17
On Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff discusses disruptive new trends in the digital-industrial worlds with Bob Evans. Listen as they discuss "data culture" and how it's transforming all aspects of business.
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Quality Magazine: Unprecedented Time for Manufacturing
Tony Uphoff, president and CEO of Thomas, recently spoke to Quality about the latest in a series of Thomas surveys regarding the pandemic. The first one began in February and the latest one was conducted in late June and early July. The research found that 90% of respondents reported a negative impact on their manufacturing operations. At the same time, 91% found reason for optimism and thought that North American manufacturing would come back stronger.
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Design News: The State of Manufacturing: Struggling but Resilient
The most recent installment of the Thomas Industrial survey of North American manufacturers reveals a resilient sector that is still in hiring mode as it struggles to close its prolonged skilled-worker gap.
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Quality Digest: Still Under-Utilized, Apprenticeship Programs Prove Their Worth Amid Covid-19 Skill Shortages
In describing the latest installment of North American Manufacturing Covid-19 Survey Series shows 38% of surveyed companies are hiring.
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Orlando Business Journal: Merritt Island boat manufacturer to cut dozens of jobs
In describing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the manufacturing community, this article cites Thomas' latest survey "... 64% of manufacturers reported their businesses have been affected by government shutdown orders and 41% predicted a decrease in demand, according to a May survey of the industry by New York-based supplier discovery and product sourcing platform Thomasnet."
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Cloud Wars Podcast: Remote Work and the Myth of the Open Office - Episode 16
On Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff shares with Bob Evans his thoughts on disruptive new trends in the digital-industrial world. Also listen as they discuss office trends old and new, from open floor plans to remote work and more.
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Forbes: Why Consider Supply Chain Diversification?
In discussing supply chain diversification and protection against economic uncertainty, this piece cites the recent Thomas Industrial Survey: "An April Thomas Industrial survey revealed that due to disruptions related to Covid-19, 64% of companies across North American industrial and manufacturing sectors are "likely to bring manufacturing production and sourcing back to North America." And 28% of manufacturing respondents were "extremely likely" to bring more production and sourcing back to North America following the pandemic.
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The Fabricator: Survey says underused apprenticeship programs prove their worth amid COVID-19 skill shortages
Thomas has released the results of a survey canvassing 746 North American manufacturing and industrial suppliers to identify the major trends stemming from the global pandemic as the industrial sector pivots its supply chains and tactics to prepare for the new industrial landscape. A key survey finding shows the value of apprenticeship programs in combating the skills gap: 26% of companies surveyed have adopted such programs, and those that have were overall less impacted by the lack of available skilled labor.
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