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Kimberly Whitehead
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Associate Professor of Quantitative Management
kwhitehead@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-5354
Vandiver Building
Academic Background
Dr. Kimberly Whitehead is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Management at Anderson University, where she developed pioneering undergraduate and graduate programs in supply chain management. With a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Texas at Arlington and over 20 years of industry experience as a CFO for global consumer product manufacturers, her research bridges theory and practice at the intersection of knowledge management, supply chain collaboration, and healthcare logistics.
BBA in Accounting, Georgia College and University
MBA in Management, Florida State University
PhD in Management Science, University of Texas at Arlington
Fast Facts
I spent over 20 years working in consumer products manufacturing. Led by the Holy Spirit, I went back to school in 2010 to get my Ph.D. so that I could teach business students the importance of the supply chain in all areas of business. I am passionate about teaching students to be well-rounded and ethical business leaders and teaching students that we can live a life of service to Christ through roles in business – it is a modern-day mission field.
I wish students knew more about the variety of careers in supply chain management. It is not a career area that we are all exposed to early in our education, but something that is important to everyone’s day to day lives.
Editorial Board: International Journal of Logistics Management 2022-present Speaking Engagements: Invited speaker, Lehigh University Center for Supply Chain Management, Bethlehem, PA, November, 2025. Invited speaker, CSCMP EDGE Conference, Nashville, TN, October 2024. Invited speaker, South Carolina Hospital Materials Management Association Myrtle Beach, SC May 2024. Invited speaker, CSCMP EDGE Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2023. Invited speaker, South Carolina Hospital Materials Management Association, Virtual February 2023 and Myrtle Beach, SC May 2023. Invited speaker, South Carolina Hospital Materials Management Association, Virtual, February and March, 2022. Keynote speaker, ITW Hartness, Inc., Women’s Conference, Hyatt Regency, Greenville, SC, June 2019. Invited speaker, Institute of Supply Management, Supply Chain Higher Education, ScanSource, Greenville, SC, November 2018. Invited panel speaker, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Panel Discussion – Careers in Supply Chain Management, Furman University, March 2017. Session chair, Supply Chain Management, Southeast Decision Sciences Institute 47th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute in Charleston, SC, February 2017. Track chair, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, September 2016. Invited speaker, South Carolina Society of Hospital Materials Management Spring Conference and Exhibition, Myrtle Beach, SC, June 2016. Board Positions: Student Roundtable Co-Chair, CSCMP RT Board, 2024-present Member at Large, Tri County Technical College Business Technology Advisory Board 2017-present. VP of Programs, South Carolina Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, 2022-present President, South Carolina Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2017- 2022. Treasurer, South Carolina Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2016- 2017. Education Chair, South Carolina Roundtable Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2015-2016. Board Member of the Government Finance Officers Association, Panhandle Section, Panama City, Florida, 1995-1997.
I enjoy teaching at AU because of the students and the ability to pray with them and share the gospel to them and alongside them.
Supply Chain Management, Decision Sciences, Logistics, Procurement, Statistics, Operations Management, Forecasting, Inventory Management, Manufacturing and Distribution
Books An Introduction to Supply Chain Management: What Every Manager Needs to Understand, by Edmund Prater and Kim Whitehead; published by Business Experts Press; June 2023 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9781637424551. An Introduction to Supply Chain Management: A Global Supply Chain Support Perspective, by Edmund Prater and Kim Whitehead; published by Business Experts Press; February 2013, ISBN: 9781606493755. Manuscripts Whitehead, K. and Frazier, J. (2021) “Healthcare’s last mile challenge” CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly, Q2, pp. 36-43. Whitehead, K., Zacharia, Z. and Prater, E. (2019) “Investigating the role of knowledge transfer in supply chain collaboration,” International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp 284-302, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-07-2017-0184, Whitehead, K., Zacharia, Z. and Prater, E. (2016) “Absorptive capacity versus distributive capability: The asymmetry of knowledge transfer,” International Journal of Operations and Productions Management, Vol. 36 Issue 10, pp. 1308-1332. Whitehead, K. (2014) “Sustainable development: Legitimization to internalization,” International Journal of Sustainable Strategic Management, Vol. 4, Issue 3, pg. 247-263.
