Mitusi & Co • Annual Report • 2016 • Business model

  • Value creation

Key observations:

 

Mitsui's value creation process, including its business model, is demonstrated well on pages 26 – 31 of its annual report, identifying the 5 types of capital input and how these are transformed through the company's integrated core functions and its business activities to provide industrial solutions that create value, supported by 3 case examples.

The diagram provides a good overview of the company's key business activities, including the aims of these activities. It also identifies potential challenges in 'meeting the changing needs of the times' and shows the connectivity of its various product segments across the 7 value chains of its key strategic domains.