Dr. John T. (Tom) Mentzer is the Chancellor’s Professor and the Harry J. and Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at the University of Tennessee and Executive Director of the Demand and Supply Integrated Forums.  He has written more than 200 papers and articles, which have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of MacroMarketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Education, Columbia Journal of World Business, Research in Marketing, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Materials Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Logistics and Transportation Review, Transportation Journal, Journal of Business Research, Advances in Business Research, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Business Forecasting, and numerous other journals and conference proceedings.  He has authored or co‑authored eight books:  HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, FUNDAMENTALS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT:  SOURCES OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, SALES FORECASTING MANAGEMENT: A DEMAND MANAGEMENT APPROACH, SALES FORECASTING MANAGEMENT, SIMULATED PRODUCT SALES FORECASTING, MARKETING TODAY, READINGS IN MARKETING TODAY, and edited the monograph MARKETING EDUCATION SOFTWARE. Dr. Mentzer was recognized in 1996 as one of the five most prolific authors in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and in 1999 as the most prolific author in the Journal of Business Logistics.  He was awarded the Academy of Marketing Science Outstanding Marketing Teacher Award in 2001.  His research has focused on the contribution of marketing and logistics to customer satisfaction and strategic advantage in supply chains; the application of computer decision models to marketing, logistics, and forecasting; the management of the sales forecasting function; and mega trends affecting the future of logistics and supply chain management.  In his research, he has benchmarked supply chain management and demand management practices at over 500 companies. 
               
Professor Mentzer serves on the editorial review boards of nine journals, and is an occasional reviewer for fourteen others.  He previously served as editor of the Systems Section of the Journal of Business Logistics.  He is a past president of the Council of Logistics Management, a past president of the Board of Directors of the Sheth Foundation, and served on the Board of Directors of the American Marketing Association Foundation.  He was formerly President, and is presently Chair of the Board of Governors, of the Academy of Marketing Science, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science - a distinction granted to less than 40 scholars worldwide.  He was awarded the Academy of Marketing Science Outstanding Marketing Teacher Award in 2001.  Dr. Mentzer was the 2004 recipient of the Council of Logistics Management Distinguished Service Award.  Dr. Mentzer was the 2007 International Society of Logistics Armitage Medal recipient (for outstanding contributions to the logistics literature). He was the 2008 recipient of the Academy of Marketing Science Distinguished Service Award.

Professor Mentzer has conducted numerous programs and work-shops for various segments of the business and government communities.  He has served as a consultant for over 150 corporations and government agencies, including AT&T, Advance Auto, Alcoa, Allied-Signal, Alticor, American Freightways, Anheuser-Busch, Armstrong Industries, Artesyn Technologies, Avery-Dennison, Avon, BASF, BigWords.com, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Brake Parts, Inc., Bunker Hill Foods, Best Buy, Canadian Tire Company, Carter-Wallace, Caterpillar, CBIS Federal, Cendian, CHEP, Coca Cola, Computer Data Systems, Inc., ConAgra, Cooper Tire, Corning, Courtlauds Performance Films, CVS Stores, U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, Ditch-Witch, DG Products, DJR Products, Dow Chemical, DSI Corporation, Du Pont Corporation, Eastman Chemical, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas, Essex Chemical, Estee Lauder, Ethicon, Exxon, Federal Express, Federal‑Mogul, Gallo Wineries, General Mills, General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Gordon's Furniture, W. R. Grace, Grand and Toy, Greyhound, Grist Mill, Harley-Davidson, Hayes Company, Heritage Healthcare, Hershey Corporation, i2 Technologies, The IJ Companies, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, International Brake Industries, International Paper, James River Limestone, Johnson and Johnson, Kelsan Company, Kimberly-Clark, Litton Industries, Lockheed Martin, Logility, The Longaberger Company, Lucent Technologies, MAC Group, Magnetek, Martin Brower Corporation, Martin Processing, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Maxtor, Metro and Company Realtors, Michelin, Midlab Corporation, Milliken and Company, Motorola, Nestle USA, Nike, Nissan, Norfolk Southern, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, O'Connor Products, OfficeMax, Orbit, Owens‑Corning Fiberglas, Ozburn Hessey Logistics, Panalpina, Peerless Pump, Pfizer, Pharmavite, Phillips Consumer Electronics, Pillsbury, Planters LifeSavers Company, Resource Optimization Corporation, RMX Global, Russell Athletic, Ryder Logistics, Schlumberger, SC Johnson and Sons, Seagate, SeaLand, Smith & Nephew, Sony, Stage Stores, Standard Logistics, Staples, SteelWedge, Steris Isomedix Services, Taiyo Kogyo, Tellabs, 3M, Timken, TVA, Ultimate Electronics, Union Pacific Railroad, United Telecom, Universal Lighting Technologies, U.S. Air Force, USCO Logistics, Weyerhauser, Whirlpool Corporation, and Williamson-Dickie Company.  He is on the boards of directors of several corporations, serves as the Educational Advisor for the Health and Personal Care Logistics Conference, and previously worked for General Motors Corporation.

Dr. Tom Mentzer