Tom Gattiker, Ph.D., CFPIM, is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at
Boise State University. Before obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (2000),
he held a variety of positions in operations and inventory management, most recently at
Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric. He is certified in production and inventory
management (CFPIM) by the American Production and Inventory Control Society and he is a
past president of that organization's Athens, Georgia chapter. 

Dr. Gattiker's research focuses on environmentally sustainable supply management, as
well as on the use of information systems, including e-commerce systems, in operations
and supply chain management. His research appears in The Journal of Operations
Management, The Journal of Supply Chain Management, The International Journal of
Production Research, MIS Quarterly, Information and Management, Production and Inventory
Management Journal, Quality Management Journal, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative
Education, and other journals and books. He is an associate editor at the Journal of
Supply Chain Management and a member of the editorial review boards of the Journal of
Operations Management and Quality Management Journal.

Articles

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Can E-Textbooks Help Save the Planet? It Depends on You (with Scott E. Lowe), The Chronicle of Higher Education (2012)

Electronic textbooks, often lauded as a cheaper alternative to hard copies, may also seem like...

 

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Online Texts and Conventional Texts: Estimating, Comparing, and Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Two Tools of the Trade (with Scott E. Lowe and Regis Terpend), Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (2012)

Many universities are endeavoring to understand and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—or carbon footprints....

 

Rethinking Design, Quality Progress (2012)

Design thinking began as an approach to designing products and services. More accurately, it's an...

 

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Do Competitive Priorities Drive Adoption of Electronic Commerce Applications? Testing the Contingency and Institutional Views (with Xiaowen Huang and Roger G. Schroeder), Journal of Supply Chain Management (2010)

This paper expands on recent research by Huang and colleagues examining the drivers of electronic...

 

Championing Environmental Supply Management Initiatives: The Importance of Influence Tactics, Company Climate, and Individual Values (with Craig R. Carter, Wendy L. Tate, and Xiaowen Huang), CAPS Research (2010)

This focus study is the second part of the 2008 CAPS Research Focus Study entitled...

 

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Presentations

Can Students Pass the Test: Should We Use Student Subjects in Operations Management Research (with Xiaowen Huang and Joshua L. Schwarz), 39th Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institution (2008)

Student subject research is rarely used and published in the OM field. This study investigates...