Manfred Gronalt

Manfred Gronalt is a Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), within the Department of Economics and Social Sciences. He leads research in Production Management and Logistics, with a focus on the wood industry, industrialized housebuilding, and sustainable supply chains. He is based at Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Vienna, and can be contacted via email at manfred.gronalt@boku.ac.at.

His research interests include Production Management, Logistics, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, Simulation and Optimization, and Sustainable Resource Management, particularly in the forest-wood and construction sectors. His work emphasizes process improvement, performance measurement, and digital resilience in industrial contexts.

The recent publications highlight a strong trend in applying simulation-optimization techniques to construction logistics, industrialized housebuilding, and disaster resilience. His work spans from discrete event simulation of prefab production lines to system dynamics modeling of internet outages in healthcare. A recurring theme is the integration of advanced modeling methods with real-world logistics and production challenges.

His scientific awards include:

• Best Paper Award at HMS 2015
• Austrian State Prize for Transport (2007)

Prof. Gronalt has supervised numerous university theses and is actively involved in academic service as a reviewer for journals such as the International Journal of Production Research and the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling. He has collaborated on various research projects focusing on intermodal logistics, disaster relief, and sustainable wood supply chains, although no currently ongoing projects are listed. His work is deeply integrated with industry applications and policy-relevant issues in transport and resource management.