Activity 18Supply and value-chain analysis
Overview
Supply and value-chain analysis is about the systematic breakdown and analysis of the primary supply chain at each tier so that opportunities to create value and mitigate risk can be identified. Arguably the theory supporting this can be traced back to Professor Michael Porter when he considered the competitive forces in a given market and then strung together the analyses of several markets in a supply chain to form the ‘value network’.
Supply and value-chain analysis builds on Porter’s concepts and incorporates supply-chain mapping, supply-chain ...
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