Vertical Value Chain

Vertical Value Chain
The following companies form the raw materials suppliers to the service providers indicates and comprise the global industry value chain. This value chain table explains level of vertical integration by the firms. Some firms participate in only one or a few stage of the industry value chain, while others comprise many if not all states. Vertical Integration
John Deere is highly vertically integrated because it participates in more than one industry value chain activity. John Deere does not conduct all activities within the boundaries of the firm meaning it does not construct its own raw materials; fully vertically integrated but participates in only limited stages of the industry value chain such as components, manufacturing, marketing sales, and after-sales services, John Deere is vertically disintegrated. Tapered integration is partial integration; not full vertical integration. In order to employ tapered integration the firm has to both make and buy similar products and services. John Deere is backwardly integrated because it manufactures some of its products but it also buys or sells similar products from other suppliers through contracts. Therefore John Deere employs tapered integration.
Offshored
Because of offshoring, they have pros and cons of having this part of the value chain outside the home country. The off-shored could have cheaper labor while not comprising on the quality of products. Also, it will increase efficiency because outsourced vendors have better technical expertise than the outsourcing firm. However, when manufacturing is moved offshore, it will lose confidentiality (such as risk of sharing confidential information to a third party, flexibility), and it is hard to manage the offshore firm. Moreover, there will be legal problems, cultural issues, and poor