She received her Ph.D. in Logistics & Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University in the UK where her thesis, titled “Logistics Outsourcing in the UK Forecourt Convenience Retail Sector: The Supply Chain Role of Third Party Service Providers,” was awarded the best Ph.D. prize for 2001. Dr. Bolumole has extensive research and professional experience in the third-party service, retail and logistics sectors and her areas of research interest include logistics outsourcing, the supply chain implications of third party logistics, partnering for optimizing supply chain performance, and the strategic implications of supply chain management.