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A value stream is the set of actions that take place to add value to a customer from the initial request through realization of value by the customer. The value stream begins with the initial concept, moves through various stages of development and on through delivery and support. A value stream always begins and ends with a customer.
Activity-based management focuses on managing activities to reduce costs and improve customer value. Kaplan and Cooper [1] divide ABM into operational and strategic: Operational ABM is about doing things right, using ABC information to improve efficiency. Those activities which add value to the product can be identified and improved.
Value-adding: The transformation taking place within the process must add value to the recipient, either upstream or downstream. Embeddedness: A process cannot exist in itself, it must be embedded in an organizational structure. Cross-functionality: A process regularly can, but not necessarily must, span several functions.
Key resources are the main assets that are needed in the process of adding value to the product or process for the customers. Value appropriation: value can be created in this stage by developing, improving and facilitating customers' buying experience. This can be done in two steps. The first step is improving how transactions are made.
A product must offer value through price and/or quality in order to be successful. Competitive advantage can come in a range of ways, such as pricing, packaging, layout, looks, services provided and more. All these can add value proposition to a product, therefore making it worth more, and more desirable to a customer.
The value add can be seen in several different ways. The first is the obvious fuel savings. But there is also added value in less time spent at the gas station, and the cars pollute the air less than a normal combustion engine. The value add in this instance is determined by the customer, and not the company selling the car. [citation needed]
The value stream map is then created using the following symbols: [15] In a build-to-the-standard form, Shigeo Shingo [16] suggests that the value-adding steps be drawn across the centre of the map and the non–value-adding steps be represented in vertical lines at right angles to the value stream. Thus, the activities become easily separated ...
It also ensures the organization continues to increase productivity and on-time delivery - adding value, strengthening performance, and improving results. Eliminate surprises: formal portfolio project oversight provides managers and executives with a process to identify potential problems earlier in the project lifecycle, and the visibility to ...