read was‚ What is Strategy? By Michael Porter. In this article Porter talks about the abilities to set objectives‚ facilitate resources and the ability to target the right customers. Porter goes onto talk about operational efficiency. He says that operational efficiency is basically preforming similar tasks better than your rivals in the market. He emphases being different than your rival‚ don’t try to be better and always out do them‚ be different and unique. Porter stresses that to have a competitive
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Value Chain Submitted by: ARMIE C. CACATIAN MIS Introduction A value chain is a chain of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service for the market. It is a systematic approach to examining the development of competitive advantage. It helps in the identification of the core competencies of an organization. The higher education has undergone significant changes in the recent past. The notion of “business approach of education
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The Value Chain From Competitive Advantage‚ by Michael Porter Every firm is a collection of activities that are performed to design‚ produce‚ market‚ deliver‚ and support its product. All these activities can be represented using a value chain. A firm’s value chain and the way it performs individual activities are a reflection of its history‚ its strategy‚ its approach to implementing its strategy‚ and the underlying economics of the activities themselves. The relevant level for constructing a value
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Porter proposed a general- purpose value chain that companies use to examine all of their activities‚ and show how they are connected. Value chain depicts the activities within and around an organization and relates them to an analysis of the competitive strength of the organization. It evaluates which value each particular activity adds to the organizations products or services. The way the value chain is performed determines costs and affects profit. Porter’s value chain was divided into primary
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Primary activities – create customer value Inbound logistics – routines and processes that bring resources into the organization Because McDonald’s criteria is very high‚ so they require the products are of top quality base on the low cost. They purchase raw vegetables and other raw materials from its fixed‚ pre- defined suppliers only‚ some like local grocery and farm‚ to make raw materials is fresh. For example the soft drinks‚ the only supplier is Coca-Cola. McDonald’s has practiced a backward
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Executive Summary Value chain management has become more and more important in industry in past decades. This report provides an insight view of value chain in automotive industry and then examine leadership role of engineer in value chain management. Furthermore‚ the report will analyse why engineer is so important in management of value chain. Analysis of value chain Automotive industry plays an important pillar role in the economic development of all countries. This is because the development
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Outline 1. Michael Porter’s framework of generic strategies (overall cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ focus) ➢ Describe each of the strategies ➢ Provide examples of firms that have successfully attained as a means of outperforming competitors in their industry ➢ Address how these strategies help a firm develop a favourable position vis-à-vis the five forces ➢ Pitfalls managers must avoid if to pursue successfully these generic strategies ➢ Conditions under which firms may effectively
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The Value Chain in My Life Unit 1 Assignment Amber O’Brien Kaplan University GB570: Managing the Value Chain John Craddock July 29‚ 2012 The Value Chain in my Life Introduction I can very much relate to the value chain in my personal experiences. I feel that my entire progression and growth throughout my career can be directly related to the concepts and flow from a typical value chain. By relating my personal experiences to the value chains that we have begun to learn about‚ it
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The brand value chain The majority of companies that still follow the main principles of the industrial economy will face great difficulties in the value economy of the future. When the company defines itself by its products‚ far too many resources will be tied up in the product system. Alarm bells should ring when investment in products‚ services‚ divisions and departments are inflated when compared to a company’s actual market access. Fortunes are spent on developing new products without taking
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Global Value Chain Analysis on Samsung Electronics February 2012 The Commercial Section of the Canadian Embassy in the Republic of Korea commissioned this report to the Korea Associates Business Consultancy Ltd. (www.kabcltd.com) Readers should take note that the Government of Canada does not guarantee the accuracy of any of the information contained in this report‚ nor does it necessarily endorse the organizations listed herein. Readers should independently verify the accuracy and reliability
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