This chapter has two goals. In our experience with GT problems
we have found that many of the useful theoretical tools are spread over
dozens of papers and books, buried among other tools that are not as
useful in supply chain management (hereafter SCM). Hence, our first
goal is to construct a brief tutorial through which SCM researchers can
quickly locate GT tools and apply GT concepts. Due to the need for
short explanations, we omit all proofs, choosing to focus only on the intuition
behind the results we discuss. Our second goal is to provide ample
but by no means exhaustive references on the specific applications of
various GT techniques. These references offer an in-depth understanding
of an application where necessary. Finally, we intentionally do not
explore the implications of GT analysis on supply chain management,
but rather, we emphasize the means of conducting the analysis to keep
the exposition short.