Thomas News Highlights

Inc: New Survey - Coronavirus May Cause a Slowdown in Tech and Auto Manufacturing

A new survey conducted by Thomas, a marketing and data platform for the manufacturing industry, of 755 North American manufacturing companies found that the COVID-19 outbreak in Asia has started to impact manufacturing supply chains in the Western hemisphere. The report found 60 percent of North American companies it surveyed are affected in some way by China's disrupted supply chains and limited production output.   Read more >

Cloud Wars Podcast: Coronavirus Response: 40,000-Sq.-Foot Hospital in 10 Days - Episode 11

In this month's episode, Tony Uphoff and Bob Evans discuss the market transition of industry 4.0 and the digital transformation. Throughout their conversation, Tony illustrates just how transformative things are getting through three lenses. First, how roles from the CEO on down are changing in terms of what’s expected from the people who hold them. Second, the redefinition of manufacturing, where the traditional sense of the term is fusing with cutting-edge technology. And finally, the new emphasis on Customer Success and what it means for a company to truly prioritize it.

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Pittsburgh Business Times: Student video event touts manufacturing revolution

Thomas' Tony Uphoff, president & CEO gave the keynote address at Catalyst Connection’s Fifth Annual Manufacturing and Student Video Reception. His message defined the manufacturing industry today with great promise for the younger generation.  “It’s a phenomenal career opportunity,” Uphoff said. “I’d like to encourage them. I don’t think they have the biases that other generations do…but I also want to speak to some of the parents in the room…It’s a different business. It’s not white collar or blue collar. It’s new collar.”  Read more >

Yahoo! Finance: Coronavirus Impact on Manufacturing Sector

Thomas' Tony Uphoff speaks with Zack Guzman about the impact of the coronavirus on manufacturing and the trends we are seeing on Thomasnet.com as a result of the outbreak. This interview can also be found on Yahoo! Money and Yahoo! Finance Singapore. Click on the video below to watch. 

Rubber & Plastics News: Tony Uphoff: Industry 4.0, reshoring to trend upward in 2020

Thomas' Tony Uphoff, president & CEO discusses changes in manufacturing and the rise of industry 4.0. Uphoff shares his industrial predictions for 2020 as well as sourcing trends from the Thomasnet.com platform. Read more >

PYMTS.com: How A 122-Year-Old Company Sees B2B Payments Evolution

Thomas' Tony Uphoff, president & CEO discusses the evolution of finance and payments as it impacts B2B payments within supply chains with Karen Webster.  Understand how this can impact the way buyers and suppliers interact today.  

Cloud Wars Podcast: Industry 4.0: Apple, Amazon, and Google are Manufacturers - Episode 10

In this month's episode, Tony discusses why 2020 will be the year when industry 4.0 takes off. The increase of products and services such as robotics, advanced manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing (a/k/a 3D printing), electronic components and sensors, have all finally converged.

As part of Industry 4.0, 5G will play a major role, opening up information in volumes we never dreamed of before. 5G, connected to additive manufacturing, will put small manufacturing facilities closer to a company’s customers.

Tony also proposes that Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are all manufacturers. In a different era, we might have said, “no, they’re software companies.” But enabling technologies are allowing us to rethink what qualifies as a manufacturing company.

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The Small Business Advocate: Dealing with the velocity of change

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the challenges small businesses face dealing with the increasing velocity of change, especially when it comes to staying up-to-date on technology. Listen below.

The Small Business Advocate: What’s new for tech in 2020?

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report that AI as a service will become a great new option for small businesses, as will universal 5G connecting your equipment, not just your phone, and other tech trends coming at you. Listen below.

The Small Business Advocate: You know what IoT is, but how about IIoT?

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the resurgence of manufacturing in the U.S. due to a number of factors, and why Americans are embracing the trend.  Listen below.