The supreme goal whilst developing a Value Chain is the creation of a competitive advantage and at the a same time the creation of activities with a higher value. Each business has its own Value Chain but nevertheless, companies are looking to buy “standard computing solutions” mostly whilst applying the Pareto law: 80% of activities must be standard and 20% can be customized according to specific requirements.

Taking a discrete manufacturing Value Chain model as an example, we can observe the 3 different types of processes; primary, support and auxiliary. Industrial cases have shown that Productivity Management can allow companies to achieve such a benefits :