Professor & Interim Dean
Department of Information Technology & Decision Sciences

Erika Marsillac

757-683-3662

2058 CONSTANT HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Marsillac is Interim Dean of the Strome College of Business and a Professor of Supply Chain Management at Â鶹´«Ã½. She has been performing leading research and teaching since 2004 in the US and abroad.

Ph.D. in Manufacturing Management, University of Toledo, (2010)

M.B.A. in Information Technology, Goldey-Beacom College, (2002)

M.B.A. in Comprehensive General MBA, Goldey-Beacom College, (2000)

B.A. in Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, (1992)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Li, Y., Marsillac, E. and Ungo, R. "Course Enhancement Grant" $3,000. Â鶹´«Ã½. 2021 - 2021
Seck, M. and Marsillac, E. "Enhancing Learning and Development through Interactive Gaming: Strategic Electric Utility Infrastructure Decisions" $35,000. Local. September 2016 - 2019
Seek, M., Ayala, O., Marsillac, E. and Marsillac, S. "Enhancement of Virginia Beach Photovoltaic Facility" $32,000. Local. September 2014 - 2016
Seek, M., Ayala, O., Jovnovic, V., Marsillac, E. and Marsillac, S. "Virginia Beach Photovoltaic Facility" $227,400. Local. July 2014 - 2016
Seek, M., Ayala, O., Marsillac, E. and Marsillac, S. "Advanced Single Axis Solar Tracking System for Enhanced Energy Generation" $50,000. Local. June 2014 - 2016
Zhang, W. and Marsillac, E. "Translating Quantitative Information into Practical Communication: Improving Disciplinary Writing for Undergraduate Business Students" $13,200. Â鶹´«Ã½. -
Zhang, W. and Marsillac, E. "Integrating tablet computers and Adobe Connect for active student learning in classrooms" $3,000. Â鶹´«Ã½. -
Marsillac, E. "Distribution Center and Material Handling Management - Course development" $5,000. Â鶹´«Ã½. May 2013 - August 2013

Expertise

Business
Supply chain management
Business
Sustainability/environmental issues
International Business
Supply chain management

Research Interests

Dr. Marsillac's research interests include sustainability, supply chain management, and international partnerships. She is a recognized educator and scholar with research published in leading international peer-reviewed journals, and an active reviewer and Editorial Board Member for several of the top journals in her field.

Articles

Jagani, S., Marsillac, E. and Hong, P. (2024). The Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Ecosystem: Changing Roles of Automotive Suppliers. Sustainability.
Marsillac, E. (2021). Supporting Renewable Energy Market Growth through the Circular Integration of End-of-Use and End-of-Life Photovoltaics. Sustainability.
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Laarraf, Z. (2021). The Impact of Unequal Processing Time Variability on Reliable and Unreliable Merging Line Performance. International Journal of Production Economics .
Wu, Q., Liao, K., Deng, X. and Marsillac, E. (2020). Achieving Automotive Suppliers' Mass Customization through Modularity: Vital Antecedents and the Valuable Role and Responsibility of Information Sharing. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management .
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Hurtado, M. (2020). Studying the effects of the skewness of inter-arrival and service times on the probability distribution of waiting times. Pesquisa Operacional.
Darwish, A., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Mahmood, N. (2019). A Methodology for Improving Wind Energy Production at Low Wind Speed Regions, with a Special Reference to Iraq. Computers and Industrial Engineering.
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Hurtado, M. and Marsillac, E. (2019). Reducing the variability of inter-departure times of a single-server queueing system – The effects of skewness. Computers and Industrial Engineering .
Romero-Silva, R., Marsillac, E., Shaaban, S. and Hurtado, M. (2019). Serial production line performance under random variation: dealing with the ‘Law of Variability'. Journal of Manufacturing Systems .
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Hurtado, M. (2018). Exploiting the characteristics of serial queues to reduce the mean and variance of flow time using combined priority rules. . International Journal of Production Economics 196 , pp. 211-225.
Romero-Silva, R. and Marsillac, E. (2018). Trends and topics in IJPR from 1961 to 2017: a statistical history. International Journal of Production Research.
Diaz, R. and Marsillac, E. (2017). Evaluating Strategic Remanufacturing Supply Chain Decisions. International Journal of Production Research 55 (9) , pp. 2522-2539.
Liao, Y. and Marsillac, E. (2015). External knowledge acquisition and innovation: the role of supply chain network-oriented flexibility and organizational awareness. International Journal of Production Research 53 (18) , pp. 5437-5455.
McNamara, T. and Marsillac, E. (2014). How Lean Do You Really Want To Be?. Manufacturing.Net .
Talley, W. K., Ng, M. and Marsillac, E. (2014). Port service chains and port performance evaluation. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 69 , pp. 236-247.
Marsillac, E. and Roh, J. Jungbae. (2013). Connecting Product Design, Process and Supply Chain Decisions to Strengthen Global Supply Chain Capabilities. International Journal of Production Economics 147 (Part B) , pp. 317-329.
Liao, K., Deng, X. and Marsillac, E. (2013). Factors That Influence Chinese Automotive Suppliers' Mass Customization Capabilities. International Journal of Production Economics.
McNamara, T. and Marsillac, E. (2013). General Electric: Back to the Lab. Manufacturing.Net .
Jin, Y. and Marsillac, E. (2013). The effect of IT range and order quantity flexibility on firm performance: an empirical study. International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalization.
Nelson, D., Marsillac, E. and Rao, S. (2012). Antecedents and Evolution of the Green Supply Chain. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management 5 , pp. 29-43.
Roy, S., Tarafdar, M., Ragu-Nathan, T. and Marsillac, E. (2012). Formative Constructs in Operations and Manufacturing Management Research. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods 10 , pp. 34-52.
Marsillac, E. (2012). Management of the Photovoltaic Supply Chain. International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management 12 , pp. 195-211.
Liao, K., Marsillac, E., Johnson, E. and Liao, Y. (2011). Global Supply Chain Adaptations: Supply Base Establishment and Logistics Integration. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 22 , pp. 204-222.
Nykodym, N., Kahle-Piasecki, L. and Marsillac, E. (2010). The Manager’s Guide to Understanding, Detecting and Thwarting Computer Crime: an International Performance Issue. Performance Improvement Journal 49 (5) , pp. 42-47.
Liao, K., Tu, Q. and Marsillac, E. (2010). The Role of Modularity and Integration in Enhancing Manufacturing Performance: An Absorptive Capacity Perspective. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 21 (7) , pp. 818 – 838.
Marsillac, E. (2008). Environmental Impacts on Reverse Logistics and Green Supply Chains: Similarities and Integration. International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 4 , pp. 411-422.

Book Chapters

Marsillac, E. and Romero-Silva, R. (2023). Supply Chain Management Theory in the Context of Populism Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century.
Marsillac, E. and Hudson, S. (2019). Sustainability in Logistics Handbook on the Sustainable Supply Chain Edward Elgar Publishing.
McNamara, T. and Marsillac, E. (2013). Chapter 11: Reducing Pollution through Green Logistics Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casebook: Applications in SCM (pp. 209-214) Financial Times Press.
Marsillac, E. (2012). Chapter 7: Measuring the Environmental Impact of a Product Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship and the Common Good Palgrave Macmillan.

Conference Proceeding

Romero-Silva, R., Marsillac, E. and de Leeuw, S. (2023). Members-only? International authorship diversity in operations and management journals POMS 2023 International Conference .
Romero-Silva, R., Marsillac, E. and de Leeuw, S. (2022). Members-only? Evolution and influence of international affiliation diversity on the performance of Operations and Management journals The 6th World Conference on Production and Operations Management – P&OM 2022 .
Marsillac, E. (2021). COVID-19 effects on the global PV supply chain 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC).
Marsillac, E. (2021). Exploiting end-of-use and end-of-life photovoltaic options to support renewable energy market growth 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC).
Marsillac, E. and Romero-Silva, R. (2021). Populism and Today’s Supply Chain Management Strategies.

Presentations

Marsillac, E. ( 2022). Leveraging Variability in Energy Supply Chains Oral Presentation Decision Sciences Institute Houston, TX.
Ungo, R., Marsillac, E. and Pagano, A. (April , 2021). Impact of Covid-19 on the US Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Supply Chains Oral Presentation Transportation Research Forum .
Ungo, R. and Marsillac, E. (December , 2020). Disruptions in US medical supply imports: Mapping dependencies to improve supply chain visibility Oral Presentation 2020 Global Supply Chain Management Conference .
Marsillac, E. (December , 2020). Shifts in Photovoltaic Supply Chains: Preparing for What's Ahead 2020 Global Supply Chain Management Conference .
Marsillac, E. (October , 2020). Supply Chain Trends and the Future of Ports Oral Presentation Trade & Innovation Summit .
Marsillac, E. and Romero-Silva, R. ( 2019). The Evolution and Trends of Supply Chain Theory Oral Presentation Decision Sciences Institute New Orleans, LA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2019). The Renewable Energy Supply Chain: Its Evolution and Future Oral Presentation Decision Sciences Institute New Orleans, LA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2019). Maritime and Supply Chain Research Opportunties Other SCB Executive Advisory Council Research Presentation .
Schaeffer, J., Bawab, S., Marsillac, E., Stout, T., Akhavi, S. and Cribb, W. ( 2018). Educational Opportunities and Needs: A Panel Discussion Other Hampton Roads Advanced Manufacturing Summit Norfolk, VA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2018). Closing the Photovoltaic Supply Chain Loop: Invest Now for Future Returns Poster IEEE 45th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) Waikaloa, Hawaii.
Wang, Z., Puncheva-Michelotti , P. and Marsillac, E. ( 2018). Factors Influencing Consumer’s Value Perceptions of Green Luxury Fashion Oral Presentation Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) Research Forum Chicago, IL.
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Hurtado, M. ( 2017). Studying the effects of the skewness of inter-arrival and service times on the probability distribution of waiting times Oral Presentation IISE Annual Conference Pittsburg, PA.
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Hurtado, M. ( 2017). Reducing the mean and variance of cycle times in a multi-class queueing flow line Oral Presentation POMS Annual Conference Seattle, Washington.
Romero-Silva, R., Shaaban, S., Marsillac, E. and Hurtado, M. ( 2017). The effects of the variability in the performance of business processes: a practitioners’ guide Oral Presentation POMS Annual Conference Seattle, Washington.
Jin, Y. and Marsillac, E. ( 2016). Power and collaborative climate: building competitive advantage through flexibilities Oral Presentation Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute Austin, TX.
Jin, Y. and Marsillac, E. ( 2015). Using social media to improve entrepreneurs’ business performance Paper Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute Seattle, WA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2014). Is environmental supply chain collaboration all it’s cracked up to be? Oral Presentation Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute Tampa, FL.
Abbey, J., Chandrasekaran, A., Dobrzykowski, D. and Marsillac, E. ( 2014). Joining the Professorate: The Transition from Student to Faculty and Your Research Strategy Oral Presentation Doctoral Student Consortium Baltimore, MD.
Marsillac, E. ( 2014). Sustainable Supply Chain Management Oral Presentation National Association of Purchasing Management – Southeastern Virginia Newport News, VA.
Diaz, R. and Marsillac, E. ( 2013). A Newsvendor Perspective of Remanufacturing Using Monte Carlo Simulation Paper Building Bridges Between Theory and Practice Detroit, MI.
Li, L., Marsillac, E. and Kosiek, T. ( 2013). Case: Supplier Selection at Kerneos Inc. Oral Presentation Cases in Supply Chain Management session Denver, CO.
Marsillac, E. ( 2013). Supply Chain Modifications in an Era of Green Energy Oral Presentation ECOnference Norfolk, VA.
Marsillac, E. and Cook, D. ( 2012). Examining the characteristics of environmentally strategic sustainable sourcing in supply chains Oral Presentation Annual Meeting Production and Operations Management Society Chicago, IL.
Marsillac, E. ( 2012). Management of the Photovoltaic Supply Chain Oral Presentation ECOnference Norfolk, VA.
Roh, J. and Marsillac, E. ( 2012). A Literature Review on Supply Chain Disruptions and Supply Chain Restructuring Oral Presentation International Supply Chain Management Symposium and Workshop Toyko, Japan.
Marsillac, E. and Roh, J. ( 2012). The Impact of Product Design on Process and Supply Chain Decisions Oral Presentation International Supply Chain Management Symposium and Workshop Toyko, Japan.
Nelson, D., Marsillac, E. and Rao, S. ( 2011). Development of the Green Supply Chain Oral Presentation Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute Boston, MA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2011). Dynamics of the Photovoltaic Supply Chain Oral Presentation Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute Boston, MA.
Marsillac, E. ( 2011). Management of the Photovoltaic Supply Chain Oral Presentation CBPA Dean’s Research Seminar Series Norfolk, VA.
  • 2022: EV Williams Fellowship for Service, Strome College of Business
  • 2022: EV Williams Fellowship for Teaching, Strome College of Business
  • 2021: Outstanding Faculty Service Award, Strome College of Business
  • 2021: Provost Fellowship, Â鶹´«Ã½
  • 2017: EV Williams Fellowship for Teaching, Strome College of Business
  • 2015: Distinguished Alumni Gallery Winner, Goldey-Beacom College
  • 2015: Outstanding Tenure Faculty Teaching Award, Strome College of Business
  • 2008: Student Pacemaker of the Year, University of Toledo
  • 2007: Honorable Mention, Decision Sciences Institute Best Student Paper , Decision Sciences Institutes
  • 2006: University Fellowship, University of Toledo
  • 2001: Elected Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities ,
  • 2000: Awarded The Outstanding Leadership Award, Goldey-Beacom College
  • 1999: Elected Graduate Class President, Goldey-Beacom College

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