Most businesses build a chain of activities that add value at each section of the chain. Each element of the value chain has a capability that provides value added to the product. A new venture manages its value chain to provide the ultimate product to the customer. The firm also moves, stores, and tracks parts and materials to its value-adding partners and strives to ensure timely, efficient production of the service or product. Information flow along the value chain enables the coordination of the distributed tasks. An effective enterprise manages for operational excellence by trying to develop and communicate measurements of efficiency and timeliness. Another way to describe a set of interrelated tasks is as a network of activities. A value web (or network) can use an internet-based system to communicate with all the network participants. With a common schedule and associated tasks, the venture can manage the value web to achieve on-time production.