The Value Chain structure should always inform the org structure - never the other way around.Avoid the temptation to make your value chain structure align to your org structure. This defeats the purpose of using the value chain as the foundation for your company's value map.The purpose of the value chain is to see and manage the relationships between work being done throughout the organization and the value that work creates for the organization.The purpose of the organizational structure, on the other hand, is to see and manage the functional reporting structure of labor resources. Yes, org structure may be , at best, a shadow of your company's work structure, but it can never fully represent how work is defined, managed and connected to sustainable corporate value. Nor should it. That is not its purpose.It is however, the job of the Value Chain to to expose the structure for managing a company's work-to-value relationships. Your Value Chain structure should reflect the reality (for better or for worse) of how your company actually operates end-to-end.  That's why it is ideal for value mapping.  Once you have established and optimized your value chain, it is not uncommon to begin noticing obvious misalignments between how labor resources are allocated to work compared to where they reside in the org chart. These misalignments are usually easy to rectify because value chain visibility makes the rationale very obvious to all impacted stakeholders.  The more the org chart comes into alignment with the value chain, the more employee engagement, productivity and job satisfaction improves.