The business management concept of the value chain was introduced and described by Michael Porter in his popular book, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance.

The greatest opportunity and risk for grocers lies not in the aisles but in the operating engine that moves goods from ...

Another point, and this is the key point of the Value Chain model, is that the model exists to provide a basis to compare organizations as a whole, in terms of the functional areas. For example ...