自从波特提出价值链的概念以来,价值链被广泛应用于管理领域的分析当中.它通常作为一种评价是否为顾客创造价值和分析与竞争对手的优劣势的工具。本书则对价值链管理的概念进行了更加明确的诠释:“一种基于协作的策略,它把跨企业的业务运作联合在一起,以期实现市场机会的一个共同远景。”即企业应该从总成本的角度全面考察企业的经营效果,而不是片面的追求诸如采购、生产和分销等功能的优化。价值链管理的目的是通过对价值链各个环节的活动的协调,实现最佳业务绩效,从而增强整个公司业务的表现。高效的价值链设计、价值链成员之间的信息分享、库存的可见性和生产的良好协调会使库存水平降低、运输作业更为有效,并改 Value chain has been widely used in management analysis since Potter proposed the concept of value chain, which is usually used as a tool to evaluate whether it creates value for customers and analyzes advantages and disadvantages with competitors. The book provides a clearer picture of the concept of value chain management: “A collaborative strategy that unites business operations across enterprises to achieve a common vision of market opportunity.” That is, companies should Instead of unilaterally pursuing the optimization of functions such as purchasing, production and distribution, it looks at the overall performance of the business from a total cost perspective. The goal of value chain management is to maximize the performance of your business across the organization by coordinating the activities of various segments of the value chain to achieve the best possible business performance. Efficient value chain design, information sharing among members of the value chain, visibility into inventories and good coordination of production reduce stock levels, make transport operations more efficient, and change