Taking a Look at the Logistics Market with Descartes’ Chris Jones
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Industry and Services, for Descartes, a Waterloo, Ontario-based provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings.
During this podcast, Chris Jones, Executive Vice President, Industry and Services, for Descartes, provided a detailed overview of current logistics market conditions.
Topics covered included: the current state of imports; the freight economy; a look back at the 2022 Peak Season; and what companies are doing to reset their supply chains, given all that has gone on over the last three years, among others.
Chris Jones is primarily responsible for industry consulting and professional services for Descartes' solutions. With more than 40 years of experience in the supply chain market, Chris has held a variety of senior management positions including: Senior Vice President at The Aberdeen Group's Value Chain Research division, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development for SynQuest, Vice President and Research Director for Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions at Gartner and Associate Director Kraft General Foods.
Chris is a thought leader in logistics and has numerous articles and blog posts published in leading logistics and supply chain publications and online forums across the globe. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University. Chris has two adult children and lives near Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and pet dog.
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