Value Chain Analysis
VALUE CHAIN
ANALYSIS
Victor Hugo Delgado Martinez
TC212 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT
Professor Eduard G. Lewis
October 5, 2013
Key Issues
Increased specialization and standardization of work and the dispersal of productive activity has raised the importance of the competitiveness.
To have a sustained growth requires understanding and integrating dynamic factors within the production models of organizations, businesses and governments.
The global economic activities have caused traditional modes of economic and social analysis look obsolete by offering limited static scenarios.
It has become very important to individually identify business activities that generate value to analyze and evaluate in order to optimize them for better performance score and becoming more competitive.
Detailed Analysis
Over the years have seen the importance of productivity and economy in the quality of life of the citizens, as indicated by the World Economic Forum "From the second half of the XX century it was observed that the increase in productivity and economic growth go hand in hand with better living conditions".
Get companies to have sustained growth in a global context or highly competitive becomes more complicated and comprehensive because it needs a greater insight into the production process of the companies contemplating those activities that generate value.
The analysis based on a value chain is a very powerful tool for strategic planning because it gives the company an aid to identify the activities they offer "competitive advantages". To identify you focus on them to maximize value creation while minimizing costs. This in order to achieve better profitability to consolidate advantages over competitors.
The value chain describes all the activities of the company and its employees to make a product from its conception to its end use and beyond. This includes the activities of design, production, marketing, distribution and end
ANALYSIS
Victor Hugo Delgado Martinez
TC212 GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT
Professor Eduard G. Lewis
October 5, 2013
Key Issues
Increased specialization and standardization of work and the dispersal of productive activity has raised the importance of the competitiveness.
To have a sustained growth requires understanding and integrating dynamic factors within the production models of organizations, businesses and governments.
The global economic activities have caused traditional modes of economic and social analysis look obsolete by offering limited static scenarios.
It has become very important to individually identify business activities that generate value to analyze and evaluate in order to optimize them for better performance score and becoming more competitive.
Detailed Analysis
Over the years have seen the importance of productivity and economy in the quality of life of the citizens, as indicated by the World Economic Forum "From the second half of the XX century it was observed that the increase in productivity and economic growth go hand in hand with better living conditions".
Get companies to have sustained growth in a global context or highly competitive becomes more complicated and comprehensive because it needs a greater insight into the production process of the companies contemplating those activities that generate value.
The analysis based on a value chain is a very powerful tool for strategic planning because it gives the company an aid to identify the activities they offer "competitive advantages". To identify you focus on them to maximize value creation while minimizing costs. This in order to achieve better profitability to consolidate advantages over competitors.
The value chain describes all the activities of the company and its employees to make a product from its conception to its end use and beyond. This includes the activities of design, production, marketing, distribution and end
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