Value chain analysis prompts for PowerPoint
Two McKinsey-style prompts for operations and transformation teams. One maps cost share across primary and support activities to find savings; the other compares current and future process flows to show where handoffs and rework slow a customer journey.
Value chain analysis prompt
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Create one 16:9 value chain cost-reduction slide for a medical-device manufacturer. Map support activities above primary activities. Show each activity's share of total cost and check that the shares add up to 100%. Highlight the three largest cost drivers. Add an action panel with initiative, impact, quality risk, owner, and dependency. State how much of the gap the priorities explain. Use navy and blue with orange for risk. Keep calculations traceable and do not fabricate benchmarks.
Design one 16:9 digital process redesign slide for insurance onboarding. Compare current and future flows. Label stages with cycle time, handoffs, rework, and automation. Highlight the two largest bottlenecks and compare KPIs. Sequence the recommendation as simplify handoffs, standardize data, then automate. Use navy and blue, thin connectors, and restrained icons. Preserve source data, check that stage times add up to the stated totals, and separate assumptions from facts.
Why these prompts work
Shares must add to 100%
The cost prompt asks for each activity's share of total cost and a check that shares add up to 100%. Missing or double-counted activities show up at once.
The gap is quantified
It asks how much of the cost gap the top priorities explain, which keeps the title honest when the three largest drivers do not cover the whole gap.
Risk sits next to savings
The action panel lists impact, quality risk, owner and dependency for each initiative. For a medical-device maker, quality risk can outweigh the savings.
Fix before you automate
The redesign prompt sequences the recommendation as simplify handoffs, standardize data, then automate, and checks that stage times add up to the stated totals.
Adapt it to your own deck
Use your cost base
Attach the cost allocation by activity and replace the industry. Add "Use our activity names, not textbook labels, and footnote any reallocation."
Change the process
Swap insurance onboarding for any end-to-end flow, such as order-to-cash or claims. List the stages in the prompt so the model does not invent steps.
Pair the two slides
For a transformation review, use the cost slide to pick where to act and the redesign slide to show how. Keep the same activity names on both, and pick one template so they match.
Value chain analysis FAQ
What is value chain analysis?
A method described by Michael Porter that splits a business into primary activities, such as operations and sales, and support activities, such as HR and technology. Teams use it to see where cost builds up and where value is created.
Is this an official McKinsey template?
No. McKinsey-style describes the navy-and-blue consulting look and conclusion-led titles these prompts ask for. Tosea is not affiliated with McKinsey & Company.
Can I use these prompts in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?
Yes. A chat assistant will draft the analysis and a slide outline as text. In Tosea you attach your cost or process data with the prompt and get slides you can edit and export to PowerPoint.
McKinsey-style describes a common consulting framework. Tosea is not affiliated with McKinsey & Company. Figures on the example slides are illustrative.
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