Functional Practices > Value Chain Dynamics

Companies along with products/services all have life cycles.  The most successful executives manage those lifecycles throughout a value chain. Although the value chain concept has been a key in corporate strategic analysis and planning for over 20 years, recent globalization, outsourcing, lean manufacturing issues have altered and expanded the concept.   

The impetus to control the supply chain for products has been expanded to incorporate services and to include company operations outside of the purchasing arena.  Today, many companies use it to help formulate strategies and coordinate all operations. It helps an organization to manage the opportunities and threats, and to explore new ways of delivering products/services to ever-changing customer needs/wants.  

Acclaro helps companies to understand their suppliers, customers, competitors. We help companies to identify products/services that are in adjacent categories but that would be a good strategic fit like selling popcorn, soda next to DVD movies; or exploring a new acquisition that makes products that increase the use of your products for example floor cleaning detergents and mops.

Acclaro typically assesses:

• Sourcing & Procurement
• Distribution & logistics
• Competitive analysis
• Supplier analysis
• Customer analysis