Supply Chain Buzz Live for January 23rd: Layoffs, Semiconductors, and Batteries, Oh My!

 The Supply Chain Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12n ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

This week’s edition of The Buzz featured co-hosts Scott Luton and Greg White marking Chinese New Year in addition to recent news stories. Because Chinese New Year celebrations go on for weeks, they often require special planning from a global supply chain standpoint.

In this livestream, created in collaboration with a live Supply Chain Now audience, Greg and Scott discussed:

• How Amazon is rearranging their fulfillment and storage arrangements with lower volume sellers to protect themselves against added costs

• What it might mean that the U.S. trade deficit as of November 2022 had contracted by 21 percent, the most in almost 14 years

• Recent layoffs from tech companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Salesforce, and Microsoft and whether the trend is expected to slow down or accelerate

• Shortages of goods like semiconductors and batteries that may be even more important to the health of the economy than oil

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This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Greg White. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-layoffs-semiconductors-batteries-1072