QUESTION Michael Porter’s value chain analysis describes how particular resource categories contribute to the firm’s strategic performance. Demonstrate how this can be done using examples from an organization of your choice. INTRODUCTION Michael Porter introduced the value chain analysis concept in his 1985 book the Competitive Advantage. Porter suggested that activities within an organization add value to the service and products that the organization produces and all these activities should be
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Int. J. Management and Enterprise Development‚ Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2006 Porter’s value chain model for assessing the impact of the internet for environmental gains Nazim U. Ahmed and Sushil K. Sharma* Department of Information Systems and Operations Management Ball State University Muncie‚ IN 47306‚ USA E-mail: nahmed@bsu.edu E-mail: ssharma@bsu.edu
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CRC Press LLC‚ 535 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10017. All rights reserved. SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES Jim Ayers By thinking in terms of supply chains instead of individual operations or departments‚ CIOs can improve their competitive strategies. These strategies‚ in turn‚ change organizational operations‚ roles‚ and information systems. This article shows how such “supply chain thinking” works. upply chains are a hot management topic. Eyes are opening to a more global view of end-to-end material
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Value chain: Disney toys. Support activities - Admin / Management / Infrastructure Communication between the movie makers and the product designers. Approbation of the different countries to allow the sell of toys. R&D office and firm to design and manufacture products. - Human Resource Management Qualified people to offer a product which is the best quality as possible. Experienced people who know the art of international trades. - Technology Development High technology level
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Strategic Value Chain Analysis Wednesday‚ December 04‚ 2013 8:48 AM "Competitive Advantage" 1986 Companies are not groups of people‚ they are sets of activities. There are 2 sets of activities: Cost and willingness to pay (WTP) PRIMARY: In-bound / raw material ==> Process ==> Marketing ==> Service SECONDARY: Accounting‚ Exec Management‚ CIA Cost of distribution drivers (for cinnamon buns): # of stops (greater # raises cost) # of packages they drop per stop (greater # lowers
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issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com Knowledge value chain Ching Chyi Lee and Jie Yang Knowledge value chain The Chinese University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong Keywords Knowledge management‚ Tacit knowledge‚ Explicit knowledge‚ Knowledge-based value systems‚ Competitive advantage 783 Abstract Introduces the knowledge value chain model as a knowledge management (KM) framework. The model consists of knowledge infrastructure (knowledge
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T H E G L O B A L A P PA R E L VA L U E C H A I N : What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION economy environment employment sectoral studies series THE GLOBAL APPAREL VALUE CHAIN: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology‚ Duke University Durham‚ USA and Olga Memedovic UNIDO‚ Strategic Research and Economics Branch UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Vienna
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value chain analysis Inbound Logistics Operations Marketing Service Outbound Logistics SAP ‚ VCM SAP ‚ CRM - DMS Strategic Alliances Transporters‚ Convoy Drivers Association Dealer Network‚ Marketing Research Firms‚ Vehicle Financing Regional Warehouses‚ Dealer Workshops‚ Distributors‚ TASS 9 Value Chain Analysis: Tata Motors Inbound Logistics Long term contract with service provider’s – transporters and agents Personnel at regional offices for over seeing
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THE VALUE CHAIN In addition to studying the external environment characterized by threats and opportunities‚ it is also essential to analyze the internal environment of the company‚ to identified the types of activities that form the production process. An analysis tool that helps identify what are the key activities of the production process of Ryanair and which are auxiliary or complementary is the analysis of the value chain (value chain). The value chain‚ in fact‚ lets to consider the enterprise
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Machael Porter’s Value Chain SUPPORT ACTIVITIES Support activities assist the primary activities in helping the organisation achieve its competitive advantage. They include: Procurement: This department must source raw materials for the business and obtain the best price for doing so. The challenge for procurement is to obtain the best possible quality available (on the market) for their budget. Technology development: The use of technology to obtain a competitive advantage is very important
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