Evelyn Thomchick

Dr. Evelyn Thomchick is an associate professor of supply chain management in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State University. She is a research affiliate at the Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute and the Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State. She has served on doctoral and Master's students' committees in business, engineering, and education. She has taught a wide variety of courses in logistics and supply chain management and is currently teaching graduate courses in strategic procurement in the Penn State World Campus Master of Professional Studies in Supply Chain Management. In July 2009, Dr. Thomchick was selected to be the editor of the Transportation Journal, owned by APICS Supply Chain Council. She was elected to the APICS Supply Chain Council Board of Directors in 2016 for a one-year term and now serves on the APICS Research, Strategy, and Innovation Committee.

Expertise

My research interests are in international logistics and supply chain management, transportation policy, and sustainability issues in supply chain management.

Education

• Ph D, Engineering Management, Clemson University, 1978
• MS, Management, Clemson University, 1976
• BS, Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1970

Selected Publications

• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., "Marketing Analysis Fact Sheet for Biomass Growers: Example Analyses of the Wood Chips and Paperboard Industries." 2018
• Thomchick E. A., Smith P. M., Chen M., "Qualitative Insights Into Buyer-Supplier Relationship Attributes in the U.S. Biofuels Industry." Renewable Energy Focus, vol. 22, 2017, pp. 1-9
• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., "Research Summary: Biomass Crop Production Benefits from a Wide Spectrum of Marketing Opportunities." 2014
• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., Russell D., Coyle J. J., "The Real Impact of High Transportation Costs." CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, 2014, pp. 30-35
• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., "Potential Woody Biomass Supply Chain Scenarios: A Conceptual Study." Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2013, Part I, IFIP AICT 414, 2013, pp. 416-24
• Thomchick E. A., Richard T. L., Brownell D., Ruamsook K., Liu J., "Biomass Harvest and Logistics." Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants, (CRC Press), 2012, pp. 13
• Thomchick E. A., Coyle J. J., Ruamsook K., "ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: AN EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK." vol. XXXV, no. 2012, 2012, pp. 10
• Thomchick E. A., Liu Y. G., Pietrucha M. T., Thomas D. J., "FACILITY LOCATION CASE STUDY: PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DRIVER LICENSE CENTERS." Transportation Research Record, 2012
• The manuscript was accepted for publication but is being withheld pending approval of the sponsor.
• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., "Sustainable Freight Transportation: A Review of Strategies." Transportation Research Forum 2012 Annual Forum Conference Proceedings, no. 2012, 2012, pp. 20, www.trforum.org/forum/proceedings.php?year=2012
• Spychalski J. C., Thomchick E. A., "Drivers of intermodal rail freight growth in North America." European Jouranl of Transportation Infrastructure Research, vol. 9, no. 1, 2009, pp. 63-82
• Thomchick E. A., Young R., Swan P., Ruamsook K., "Extending Landed Cost Models to Improve Offshore Sourcing Decisions.." International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, vol. 29, no. 4, 2009, pp. 320-335
• Ruamsook K., Russell D. M., Thomchick E. A., "Sourcing from low cost countries: Identifying sourcing issues and prioritizing impacts on logistics performance,." International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 20, no. 1, 2009, pp. 79-96
• Ruamsook K., Russell D. M., Thomchick E. A., "U.S. Sourcing from Low-Cost Countries: A Comparative Analysis of Supplier Performance.." Journal of Supply Chain Management, vol. 43, no. 4, 2007, pp. 16-32
• Thomchick E. A., Ruamsook K., "Market Opportunity for Lignocellulosic Biomass: Part 1 - Multi-Tier Market Identification."