Strategy frameworks & analysis · Core
Value chain
Also called: value-chain analysis
ELI5
The steps that turn inputs into customer value.
Used in conversation
“Map where margin and control sit in the value chain.”
Definition
The linked activities through which an organisation creates, delivers and supports value.
Here “Value chain” means: The linked activities through which an organisation creates, delivers and supports value.
Pitch context
You will see “Value chain” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategy frameworks & analysis.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategy frameworks & analysis without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Connected terms
- Value chain analysisThe search label “value-chain analysis” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16