Dale Rogers is the Foundation Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and the Director of the Center for Logistics Management at the University of Nevada. He is also the chairman of the Reverse Logistics Executive Council (www.rlec.org), a professional organization devoted to the improvement of reverse logistics practices. He is the leader of the sustainable supply chain research project currently underway at the University of Nevada. (www.sustainable-supplychain.com) Dr. Rogers is the former cochairman of the RFID Users’ Group, an organization researching the utilization RFID technologies in the supply chain. In 2001, he was the Paper Foundation Visiting Eminent Scholar Chair of Logistics at the University of North Florida.
Dr. Rogers is a frequent speaker on topics such as: reverse logistics, logistics and supply chain strategy, e-business, third party logistics, logistics management, supply chain management. He has made over 200 presentations to professional organizations and has served as a faculty member for numerous executive programs at the University of Nevada, The Ohio State University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Michigan State University, University of North Florida, University of Alaska Anchorage, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Genco Reverse Logistics Conference, Maringa State University, Brazil, UPS, Young President’s Organization, FedEx, Unisys, International Transportation and Logistics, SITL, National Association of Purchasing Management.
Dr. Rogers has been a consultant to several companies including Kenco Logistics, Hewlett-Packard, Coca-Cola, IBM, Russell Athletic, Accenture, Flextronics, FedEx, UPS, Menlo Logistics, Genco Logistics, Sun Microsystems, Advanced Micro Devices, Mitchell & Ness, Kmart, Maersk Logistics, Handspring, Unisys Corporation and several others. Dr. Rogers has been principal investigator on research grants from numerous organizations.
Prior to entering academia, Dale worked as a Project Director and Director of Marketing for a logistics consulting and software company. He has also been employed in material management and manufacturing at the Harris Corporation, and as an instructor with the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. In 1994 while working as a professor at the University of Nevada, Dr. Rogers was the Director of Customer Service for the Non-Carbonated Beverages Division of the Coca-Cola Company.
His current research interests are focused on: reverse logistics and returns, supply chain technologies, e-business supply chain management, and supply chain management.
Dale has published in several logistics journals and is a co-author of the book Supply Chain Management: Processes Partnerships Performance and Going Backwards: Reverse Logistics Trends and Practices, and two previous books on logistics.
Other RLA Affiliations
Past RLA Participation
• Topic - "Return Policies From the Customer's Point of View" - Las Vegas 2004
• Panelist - "Requirements for an Easy Outsource Transfer" - Las Vegas 2004
• Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Micky Long - Las Vegas 2008
• Panelist - "Returns Prevention at the Retail Level" - Las Vegas 2008
• Panelist - "Reverse Logistics Issues in Spare Parts Management"
- Las Vegas 2008
• Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Kevin Winneroski - Las Vegas 2009
• Panelist - "Increasing Revenues Through a Smarter and More Professional
Sales Team, Best Practices of Other RLA Members" - Las Vegas 2009
A Board of Advisors has been set up to monitor and assist the Reverse Logistics Association management team in making informed decisions.
Reverse Logistics Association's (RLA) Board of Advisors (BOA) is composed of up to 15 industry professionals with distinct functional expertise. RLA receives advice and council from the BOA collectively and taps their broad background of experience in the Supply Chain Aftermarket. All the members are veterans of the reverse logistics industry or event management and have a working relationship with RLA & Reverse Logistics Trade Shows (RLTS). The BOA are active participants in building the association, supporting third party relationships with OEM/ODM, Branded and Retail companies, and all have a professional interest in the association business objectives.
The BOA meets in a formal setting 3 times a year (at www.RLTShows.com). At these formal meetings the BOA comes prepared to discuss business plans of RLA and RLTS along with presentations on the latest market trends that they have observed in the Reverse Logistics industry. Reports from RLA/RLTS staff are made on the progress, changes and challenges since the last meeting. Regional Advisory Councils (Chapters) and Focus Committee reports are presented with announcements on any new services from RLA. These meetings last approximately 2 hours and are held generally before or after the evening reception for RLTS speakers and exhibitors.
The members of the BOA have input to steering the events & support services of RLA, so this role is very similar to Board level without having fiduciary responsibilities.
The BOA are from the following disciplines:
Listed are some BOA support functions:
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