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About the Value Chain Group, Inc

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:19:43 GMT

The Value Chain Group BPTF The VCG Business Process Transformation Framework provides robust reference dictionaries and methods that are tested and proven for the extended enterprise value network. The standard framework promotes consensus and helps drive continuous improvement and transformation of processes. The integrated process framework guides the modeling, design, and measurement of business performance by uniquely encompassing the plan, govern, and execute requirements for the design, product, and customer aspects of business. We believe in consensus-driven and non-proprietary, open source standards and seek the diversity of ideas provided by our constituents and partners as we share value network perspectives, strategies and best practices. Strategy The VCG is dedicated to bringing awareness to C-Level executives on the challenges, benefits, costs, and return on investment of the BPTF. Key to this strategy is identifying the internal champions and working with these...

Path Finder Program

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:42:45 GMT

Contact VCG about our next virtual session. The VCG now offers its members a unique opportunity to participate in its Path Finder Program. This program is designed to teach all participants the power of the VCG’s Business Process Transformation Framework which enables best in class Business Process Management initiatives within industry. To facilitate your learnings, VCG will provide access to the Value Chain ICIM Architect application designed to capitalize on the VCG Framework & Methodology. The VCG' Path Finder offers an industry derived framework and a proven methodology that gives businesses the tools and a pathway to capture processes in a model based environment and establish the ability to analyze its process work and prioritize process improvement initiatives. Participants will be able to achieve ICIM Certification in the Levels of the Integrated Continuous Improvement Methodology through the Path Finder Program. Sessions will be be delivered virtually,...

Value Link - Product Roadmap

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:59:50 GMT

A high level schedule of future product releases with brief descriptions of market requirements and features for those releases. Title: Author Link Building a Product Roadmap Tom Shields woodsidefund.com How to Create a Product Roadmap unknown ehow.com A Strategy for the Product Trade-off Eyal Benaroya ilpma.org How to create compelling Product Roadmaps Brian Lawley svpma.org

Business Process Library - Public List

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:43:24 GMT

This is the list of documents found in the Value Chain Group's Business Process Library. Member Subscribers are able to download all of our available material from this activated page. Members are also able to access the Model Library Browser which is the source of most of these documents. VCG Member Subscribers may click here to access the full BP Library. You can join the VCG via this link. Should you have questions, do not hesitate to contacts us - see bottom of page. Value Reference Model Documents VRM 3.0 Report - .PDF version VRM Quick Reference Guide – Also, see Value Stream Design Charter under ICIM VRM Wall Poster VRM Blueprint VRM 3.0 XML Representation - zip file VRM Model Library Browser Value Reference Model Glossaries Input/Ouput Metrics Practices ValueCards – Also, see Value Stream Design Charter under ICIM Enterprise Product Development Supply Network Customer Relations Value Reference Model Archive VRM 2.2 Downloads ...

Value Chain Analysis

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:48:47 GMT

The value chain, also known as value chain analysis, is a concept from business management that, first described and popularized by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance - as posted on Wikipedia

Add VCG member partners who have offerings for VC analysis utilizing the VCG Framework & Methodology:

Oliver Wight - blurb

Value Chain Associates - blurb

Here is a list of companies who have benefited from VC Analysis utilizing the VCG FW & Methodology:

Weyerhauser, AMD, P&G, etc.

Technology Partners

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:39:11 GMT

Cordys BPMS delivers speed and control throughout the business process lifecycle, from design and execution to monitoring and improving. When combined with Cordys@Work, our unique, proven, and complete methodology for deploying BPM-based solutions, Cordys BPMS enables you to design your business process automation model in days, implement it in weeks, and make changes whenever necessary—reducing your implementation time by up to 80% compared to traditional stack vendors. Join Date: 21-Mar-08 iGrafx is a recognized leader of comprehensive Business Process Analysis (BPA) solutions. iGrafx BPA solutions help organizations document, analyze, improve, align, and manage processes and technologies that support, simplify, and automate their business operations. iGrafx solutions enable companies to achieve process excellence in a controlled, centralized and collaborative manner across functional boundaries, geographies, and levels of maturity. Click here for a...

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:36:14 GMT

Welcome to the Value Chain Group Website! The Value Chain Group’s Business Process Transformation Framework provides a robust Library of reference dictionaries and methods that are tested and proven for the extended enterprise value chain. The standard framework promotes consensus and helps drive continuous improvement in business processes and value chains. Our member subscribers have full access to our Business Process Library and Model Library Browser. You may access these here. Become a site user with a confirmed email address then click here to learn about the BPTF. All site users may click here to view our Business Process Library catalogue that are available to Member Subscribers. Sign Up for Free Gain free access to most sections of our web site with a valid email address. Click here to log in and/or find out if your company is already a Member. NEW! VRM Process...

ValueLink - Brand Equity Pyramid

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:03:45 GMT

A standard tool for understanding a brand’s associations to customers’ response. The strongest brands exhibit both duality (emotional and functional associations) and richness (a variety of brand associations or equity at every level, from salience to resonance). Links Strategic Brand Management - Soni Simpson Adjunct Professor, Stuart School of Business http://www.stuart.iit.edu/courses/MC%20502/Fall2004/Classfiles/6th%20class%20Spring%20final%20case%20assignment.ppt Branding From the Inside Out: How to Approach Brand Strategy - Prepared by Carol Phillps, BrandAmplitude LLC http://www.brandamplitude.com/images/Branding%20from%20the%20Inside%20Out.pdf Brand Strategy Toolkit - Prepared by Carol Phillps, BrandAmplitude LLC http://www.brandamplitude.com/whitepapers/brand_strategy_toolkit.ppt A Brand Building Literature Review - Francisco Guzae http://www.brandchannel.com/images/papers/257_A_Brand_Building_Literature_Review.pdf A concpetual and...

VCG - Training & Education

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:51:57 GMT

The Value Chain Group, Inc. (VCG) is a global not for profit trade organization offering Training & Education on a regular basis. These events will be posted under the Events Calendar and notification will be sent to our Newsletter Subscribers. If you prefer, it is possible to schedule in house web meetings and on-site training. For more information email Scott Palmer, or call him at +1 412 487 2922. Here are brief descriptions of upcoming Education & Training events: Introduction to Value Chain Thinking - The VCG Framework This is a one day on-site event. Please contact VCG for more information. Introductions and Familiarization with Workshop Material Introduction to Value Chain Thinking and Challenges Value Chain Definition The Value Card Process Dictionaries Value Stream Configurations Metric Decomposition and Application from the Strategic to the Operational Level Introduction to Methodology and Workshop Business Case ...

Path Finder Level 1 - Framework & Process Design Principles: Agenda

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:22:05 GMT

ICIM Methodology* Introduction - Two 2 Hour Sessions 1. Principles of value stream mapping – key methodologies and concepts a. Value streaming (how do we know we are adding value to the end customer) b. Lean Thinking (how to isolate various wastes in the value stream, how to determine their impact on performance) c. Six Sigma (what drives variability in a value stream, what drives cycle time, how to compare different value stream designs) d. Systems Engineering (determining critical dependencies for high fidelity process design and high credibility analysis) e. Enterprise Architecture (a generic reusable set of components, principles and guidelines for defining the process and analyzing business performance) 2. Principles of Semantic Framework a. Taxonomy of Processes b. Class Model of a Normalized Dictionary c. Standardized Terminology of Class Elements d. Working with Multiple...

Business Process Transformation Framework

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:01:48 GMT

VRM | XRM | VLM | ICIM | SOA-IM The Value Chain Group’s Business Process Transformation Framework provides a robust Library of reference dictionaries and methods that are tested and proven for the extended enterprise value chain. The standard framework promotes consensus and helps drive continuous improvement in processes. Here a our rationale for the BPTF. The integrated process framework guides modeling, design, and measurement of business performance by uniquely encompassing the plan, govern and execute requirements for the design, product, and customer aspects of business. We believe in a consensus-driven and non-proprietary, open source standard. We encourage our constituents and partners to provide a diversity of ideas as we share Value Chain perspectives, strategies and best practices. The VCG now offers access to the Value Chain ICIM Architect which was specifically...

Rationale for Business Process Transformation Framework

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:58:45 GMT

At the not for profit, Value Chain Group, we espouse the Business Process Transformation Framework. Without delving too deep, the first thing we do is we show companies how to capture their processes into a data-driven framework. We offer the Value Reference Model and its framework as the starting point then help your internal team (under NDA) rationalize internal processes into an extension of this. With the right team in place and scope agreed upon this exercise only takes a few weeks to accomplish. With a robust palette of processes captured in the Architect database, we can then teach with your team how to build consensus driven value chain scenarios based on your corporate strategic goals. Using our Methodology we show you how fast capture of your value streams, like Procurement to Pay, for instance, allows for high fidelity value chain analysis that sets the stage for continuous improvement. Again, this phase can be done within weeks. Furthermore, because all processes...

Value Reference Model Browser Demo (800x600)

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:29:12 GMT

Value Reference Model 3.0

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:55:44 GMT

VCG Framework | XRM | VLM | ICIM | SOA-IM The VCG is dedicated to bringing awareness to Business Process and IT Executives on the challenges, benefits, costs and return on investment of the Business Process Transformation Framework. Click here to understand the rationale for BPTF. The VRM is the cornerstone of the VCG Business Process Transformation Framework. The VRM: · Provides standardized language and relational connectivity for processes, activities and their dependencies throughout the entire Value Chain · Enables visual representation of the total Value Chain, or its domains · Provides the Roadmap linking Strategy to Operations to Tactics · Allows visualization of the performance(s) of the total Value Chain, or parts there of · Provides standard metrics (Key Performance Indicator’s) throughout the Value Chain · Enables corporations to present the Value Chain elements in financial terms ·...

Value Chain Group Membership - Corporate or Individual

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:37:49 GMT

Click here to log in and/or find out if your company is already a Member The Value Chain Group, Inc. is a public Not-for-Profit Trade Association. The Value Chain Group supports businesses who seek to strategically optimize in the areas of agility, innovation and time to react to changing conditions in a global environment. To this end, the Value Reference Framework provides robust reference dictionaries and methods that are tested and proven for the extended enterprise value network. The standard framework promotes consensus and helps drive continuous improvement and transformation of processes. The integrated process framework guides the modeling, design, and measurement of business performance by uniquely encompassing the plan, govern and execute requirements for the design, product, and customer aspects of business. We believe in a consensus-driven and non-proprietary, open source standard and seek the diversity of ideas provided by our constituents and partners as...

VCG Members Only - Resources

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:50:02 GMT

The Value Chain Group supports consensus driven models and methods that promote common language and syntax as non-proprietary open source standards. This VRM documentation is protected by copyright. Documents can be distributed by our member organizations provided attribution is made to the Value Chain Group, Inc, Contact scott.palmer@value-chain.org with questions regarding usage, membership, or VCG business.

Business Process Library

Members can use this link to access our entire Library of Businss Processes.

Reference Models

VRM 3.0 - this links to a page containing documentation for the Value Reference Model version 3.0.

VRM 2.2 - this links to a page containing documentation for the Value Reference Model version 2.2.

Workshop Materials

Value Chain Group Workshop: Aligning Strategy to Execution Using Business Process and SOA Models - slide decks are provided here that were used for the August 13-14, 2007 workshop.

eXtensible Reference Model

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:12:26 GMT

VCG Framework | VRM | VLM | ICIM | SOA-IM A development coming from the VCG's experience in pilot projects with members is the extension of the VCG's Business Process Transformation Framework to inlclude the XRM's. The VCG’s eXtensible Reference Model (XRM) provides a universal approach to normalized process dictionaries by offering our members a ‘clean slate’ framework in which proprietary process models may be captured and stored for reuse. As a neutral entity, the VCG acts as a resource for pre-engineered best practice frameworks and as a marketplace for others to discover and use these process dictionaries. A Translation Guideline is required in order for model exchange to take place. Please contact Scott Palmer at +1 412 487 2922 to find out more about this program. The Translation Guideline involves the concept of organizing proprietary content into the VCG Framework process reference taxonomy where each element appears only once and inherits its...

Path Finder Program - Architect Training Materials

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:21:04 GMT

ICIM Architect Training - Process Dictionaries Press play... wait a moment while the video buffers. You can right click and select Zoom - Full Screen to increase the video playback size. ICIM Architect Training - value chain creation - Part 1 Press play... wait a moment while the video buffers You can right click and select Zoom - Full Screen to increase the video playback size. ICIM Architect Training - value chain creation - Part 2 Press play... wait a moment while the video buffers You can right click and select Zoom - Full Screen to increase the video playback size.

Value Proposition

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:26:36 GMT

Together with other leading individuals and firms, you can address the complexities of the extended enterprise by using the Value Chain Operations Reference (VCOR) model for collaborating across the value chain. VCOR focuses on more profitable relationships across the extended enterprise resulting from correct design, supply and customer chain decisions. Business process understanding is complex, especially when companies are increasingly reliant on a partner network that may stretch around the world. These are processes for which your company may ultimately be held responsible by a customer or market, yet they are being operated by assets managed, rather than assets owned Using VCOR allows companies to be more: Collaborative – Working closely with up/down stream partners to achieve common goals by new ways of organizing data to facilitate more effective decisions Virtual – Extending control over key processes and assets without owning them ...

VRM Process Templates

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:29:00 GMT

VCG Best Practice Programs are developed with leading subject matter experts in their respective fields. Practice content is integrated and supported by the Business Process Transformation Framework (BPTF). Best Practice Programs are accessed by enrolling in a designated VCG User Group and are lead by a qualified subject matter expert. Some BP Programs require a fee to gain access to the material. Other areas are sponsored by commercial business interests.

Completed Templates

Product Lifecycle Processes

Templates Under Construction

VRM ValueStream Development

Front End Innovation

Collaborative Planning Forecast and Replenishment

Logistic Network Services

Procure to Pay (P2P)

Templates Seeking Sponsorship

Brand Architecture

Retail Store Operations

Human Resources

Risk Management

Vendor Managed Inventory