Editing Value chain (section)

===Primary activities===
All five primary activities are essential in adding value and creating a competitive advantage and they are:<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zamora |first=Elvira A. |date=2016-08-31 |title=Value Chain Analysis: A Brief Review |url=http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/view.jsp?kj=GSHSS5&py=2016&vnc=v5n2&sp=116 |journal=Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=116–128 |doi=10.7545/ajip.2016.5.2.116 |issn=2287-1608|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Porter1996" />

*Inbound [[logistics]]: arranging the inbound movement of materials, parts, and/or finished inventory from suppliers to manufacturing or assembly plants, warehouses, or retail stores
*[[Operations management|Operations]]: concerned with managing the process that converts inputs (in the forms of raw materials, labor, and energy) into outputs (in the form of goods and/or services).
*Outbound logistics: is the process related to the storage and movement of the final product and the related information flows from the end of the production line to the end user
*[[Marketing]] and [[sales]]: selling products and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large.
*[[Service (business)|Service]]: includes all the activities required to keep the product working effectively for the buyer after it is sold and delivered.

Companies can harness a competitive advantage at any one of the five activities in the value chain. For example, by creating outbound logistics that are highly efficient or by reducing a company's shipping costs, it allows to either realize more profits or pass the savings to the consumer by way of lower prices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/valuechain.asp|title=Value Chain|last=Kenton|first=Will|website=Investopedia|access-date=2019-02-20}}</ref>