Posted: March 6th, 2014
THE LINK ABOVE IS THE 14 SLIDE PROJECT & THE DIRECTIONS ARE BELOW…
The main purpose of this assignment is to assess a value chain for its effectiveness. The intent is to assess the outcome of the value chain analysis completed in unit 4.
Assessing a value chain offers management the means to evaluate existing and new strategic opportunities. Completing an assessment of a value chain analysis provides insights into how opportunities might be pursued while identifying potential problems to be addressed. The point of the assessment is to identify optimal solutions, i.e., solutions acceptable to customers, suppliers, employees and investors.
Because value is derived from customer needs, activities that do not contribute to meet these needs are considered non-value added waste. One requirement when assessing a value chain is considering the tasks and functions that occur to eliminate any non-value added waste. By streamlining the processes that generate the goods and services that customers value, fewer resources need to be expended and the margins between customer value and the cost of delivery increase thereby improving a firm’s profit margin. One of the requirements in this assignment is to identify non-value added waste in the value chain and recommend how to eliminate it from the value chain
Another objective when assessing a value chain is to extend the competitive advantage of the value delivery system, not merely to meet levels of competitive necessity. By addressing specific value drivers, it becomes possible to target added value towards surpassing specific customer expectations.
See the project directions below for a possible outline of the Value Chain Assessment Presentation.
Submit your completed value chain assessment into the Unit 5Dropbox.
This is the 2-3 page assignment…
Enterprise Technologies
The purpose of this assignment: to gain an understanding of currently used enterprise technologies used to manage the value chain in organizations.
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