Final Customer Purchasing from the Product Producer
Use Steps: Use steps include all the customer's value added activities or the consumption of the product itself. These steps include all the costs the customer incurs in employing the product in its intended use.
B.
Resources: Reduce resources required for the use of the product
2.
Time: Reduce the time the customer must spend with the product
B. Improve wait times in the process
Reduce wait times in the process
Speed the process
Adapt product for faster technology
Use components streamlined for speed
| No. | SIC | Year | Note |
| 1 | 3571 | 1987 | HP is bringing out entirely new computer line based on RISC technology. RISC eliminates extraneous instructions so that the computer can execute the most common jobs faster. |
| 2 | 4221 | 2001 | With its large concrete silos and high-speed loading gear. Alton can fill a mile-long train of about 110 cars, with grain in 15 hours or less. By contrast, a traditional grain elevator would load about half that number of cars or fewer. |
| 3 | 4813 | 2003 | Nextel, the fifth-biggest wireless company, focuses on business users. It started out serving construction workers, roving salespeople, and plumbers. |
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