Porter Value Chain
Porter's value chain decomposes a firm into discrete primary and support activities, from inbound logistics through service, so leaders can see exactly where structure and resources create or destroy competitive margin.
Michael Porter, 1985
The origin of the framework, as the directory records it. The mark grades the origin, not this page.
The directory entry this score was read from. Umbrex is a consultancy network; its summary is the reference, not a primary source.
Scored against the twelve cells, it loads three: Flow, Structure, and Resources. The other nine it leaves to you. None of Composition, Evidence, or Mastery is among them, which is the usual result in this directory: the questions an agent in the loop raises first are the ones the literature answers least.
This is not a summary of the framework. Umbrex has one; the link under Sources goes there.
What limits throughput, and what is supposed to happen when the line stops?
What is the smallest unit that can own a customer outcome end to end?
What is owned, what is rented, and what is summoned only when needed?