Cloud Wars Podcast: The Process Revolution: Reimagining AI-Powered Business - Episode 21
In this episode of Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff and Bob Evans discuss disruptive new trends in the digital-industrial world - specifically the latest in AI and machine learning.
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Small Business Advocate: Top four trends in manufacturing and supply chains for 2021
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on four manufacturing and supply chain trends that will effect change on many levels, including reshoring, automation, skill shortages and digital transformation of marketing and sales.
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Small Business Advocate: The opportunity in supply chain redundancy trends
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the increasing trend toward supply chain redundancy and why this is good news for the small business sector.
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Small Business Advocate: Will the Biden/Harris administration be good for business?
Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the initial mixed indicators of the new Biden administration and how their policies will reconcile pro-business policies.
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USA Today: American manufacturers pine for home as COVID disruptions, Trump tariffs shake up supplies
"The pandemic created a heightened awareness of supply chain risk," said Tony Uphoff, president and CEO of Thomasnet.com, a digital media and marketing services company that caters to industrial buyers and suppliers. "Before COVID, no one had any idea where PPE, surgical gowns, scrubs and masks were manufactured. Then, all of a sudden, they learned they were made within 300 miles of Wuhan, China and that their supply chain could get disrupted.
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Supply Chain Dive: Ultra-cold freezer sourcing up 522% with vaccine logistics underway
Sourcing for ultra-low-temperature freezers was up 522% YoY as of Monday, according to a Thomas Index Report update. The surge is a 464% increase over the organization's Q3 numbers, said Thomas President and CEO Tony Uphoff in the video report.
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Assembly Magazine: Gender Gap - Women Fill One-Third of Manufacturing Industry Jobs, One-Fourth of Leadership Positions
A new study from Thomas and Women in Manufacturing (WiM) shows that 1 in 3 manufacturing professionals and 1 in 4 manufacturing leaders are women. The medical-healthcare sector has the highest female-identifying employee presence at 54 percent. The industries with the lowest representation include the automotive (29 percent); energy, utilities, oil and gas (28); and aerospace and defense (24) sectors.
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Art of Procurement Podcast: A CEOs View On The Opportunity For Procurement
Philip Ideson speaks with Tony Uphoff, President & CEO of Thomas about the changing nature of the role of procurement. “I really think procurement has a very unique opportunity at this moment in time where the world is opening to their ability to walk into that room and start to have a positive impact.”
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Cloud Wars Podcast: Digital Transformation Shattering Talent Silos - Episode 20
In this episode of Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff and Bob Evans discuss recruiting, retaining, and developing talent in today’s digital marketplace.
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Cloud Wars Podcast: Leadership in Times of Crisis - Episode 19
On Uphoff on Industry, Tony Uphoff discusses disruptive new trends in the digital-industrial worlds with Bob Evans. Listen as they discuss these themes: Metrics that matter, WFH impact on the millennial generation, leading in times of crisis and focusing on your true north.
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