Karl B. Manrodt

Dr. Manrodt serves as a Professor of Logistics in the Department of Management at Georgia College & State University, located in Milledgeville Georgia. He is also the Director of the Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, a ranked and accredited program in the discipline. His degrees include a B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology, Wartburg College, M.S. in Logistics, Wright State University, and his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee. He is the recipient of the Chancellor's Citation for Professional Promise, the Walter Melville Bonham Dissertation Scholarship, both at the University of Tennessee, and the E. Grosvenor Plowman Award awarded by the Council of Logistics Management. He was recognized as a "2004 Rainmaker" by DC Velocity Magazine and in 2005 was awarded the Eugene Bishop Award for Sustained Academic Excellence by the College of Business at GSU. Teaching and research interests include information technology and its impact on supply chain management, performance measurement, CEO perceptions of logistics and supply chain management, customer service and corporate strategy. His research has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal, the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Materials Management, Journal of Transportation Management and Interfaces. His research on top shippers has appeared in Logistics Management for the last twenty four years. Dr. Manrodt is a recognized speaker, making over one hundred and fifty presentations to government, industry and academic groups in Sweden, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, China, Peru, South Africa, Germany, Canada, Australia, Turkey and the United States. He co-authored his first book, Customer Responsive Management: The Flexible Advantage in 1992. His second book on logistics and supply chain measurement - Keeping Score: Measuring the Business Value of Logistics in the Supply Chain -a joint effort with CSC for CLM, and was published in 1999. Vested Outsourcing was published in 2010 with co-authors Kate Vitasek and Mike Ledyard. Dr. Manrodt also had served the profession in several forums. He served on the Board of Directors for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP, formerly CLM). Dr. Manrodt served as the 2004 Program Chair for the Council of Logistics Management's annual conference, as well as a Track Chairperson for the annual meetings of the Warehouse Education & Research Council. Dr. Manrodt's web site is: www.manrodt.com