Analyze your primary and support activities to determine how to improve on your operational effectiveness
Determine the interconnectivity of your operational activities to create a synergetic fit
Analyze the competitive environment to know how to capitalize on your strengths to create a competitive advantage
By the end of this guided project, you will be able to use the value chain analysis to create a competitive advantage for your company. Value chain analysis provides a structured approach of assessing where a company true value creation resides. The model is categorized into nine interrelated activities comprising of the primary and the secondary activities. Essentially, competitive advantage can be achieved through cost leadership or differentiation strategies. However, competitive advantage does not emerge by looking at a firm as a whole. It stems from the many discrete activities a firm performs in designing, producing, marketing, delivering, and supporting its product or service For us to practically demonstrate how to use the value chain analysis to make strategic decisions, we will use a spreadsheet to analyze a Fast-Food company as a case study. Example of the case study would empower you to apply the model to your company or any other company of your choice. The project is for business leaders and entrepreneurs who want develop a systematic approach of analyzing their operations. Also, for strategist who are interested in helping companies to make informed strategic decisions. At the end of the project, you will be able to use the model to identify your cost drivers and device a strategy to optimize your operations for competitiveness
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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Task 1: Introduction: By the end of this task, you will explain the value chain analysis
Task 2: Inbound logistics: By the end of this task, you will express your inbound logistics
Task 3: Operations, and outbound logistics: By the end of this task, you will determine how you operate, and identify your outbound logistics
Task 4: Marketing/sale, and service: Buy the end of this task, you will identify your marketing/sale approach, and the services you provide
Task 5: Procurement, and technology development: By the end of this task, you will provide your procurement method, and your technology systems
Task 6: HRM, and Infrastructure: By the end of this task, you will determine how you manage your human resources, and the infrastructure
Task 7: Innovation: By the end of this task, you will innovate with the model to create a competitive advantage
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