Likevaluechainandsupplychain,“industrialchain”becomesthefocusofattention.Theimplicationof“industrialchain”hasgainedalargerangeofextension.Itnotonlyexpressestheindustrial“chain”structureandrelationshipof“backandforward”inorderor“upanddown”indirection,butalsoitrepresentsaclusteroflargescaleoffirmsinanareaorcolony.Itisanetwork,oracommunity.Consequently,weconcludethat“industrialchain”isasynthesisofindustrialchain,industrialcluster,orindustrialnetwork.Inthisarticle,firstlywewilldistinguishindustrychainfromindustry.Anindustryisthecollectionoffirmsthathavethesameattribute,soanindustrycanbedefinedbyfirmcollectionofcertainattribute.Weindicatethatindustrialchainisakindofverticalandorderlyindustriallink.Itisdefinedaccordingtoaseriesofspecificproductorservicecreated.Secondlyweanalyzetheverticalorderlydefiinitionprocessfromtheaspectsofsocialpisionoflaborandrequirementpision,self-organizationsystem,andvalueanalysis.Non-symmetryanddependingonsystemorcommunityoflargescaleofindustrialunitsleadtoentireindustryto“orderly”structure.Ontheotherhand,thedraughtofpersityandcomplexityofrequirementsimultaneouslyleadtoentireindustrytobemore“orderly”.Alongwithprocessesofself-organization,industrialwillappi'oachthestateofmoreorderlyandsteady,andconstantlymakeindustrialchainupgrade.Eachfirmorunit,whowillgainthevalue,hastoestablishchannelsofvalue,whichwecalled“industrialvaluechain”.Lastly,wediscusstheconsequenceofverticalandorderlydefinition,whichisexhibitedbyacertainrelationshipbody.Thetypicalformsofindustrialchainincludeindustrialcluster,strategyallianceandverticalintegrationetc.
