value add
Additional worth created
Value add is business jargon for something that increases worth or usefulness beyond the basic offering: What's the value add of this premium tier?
Often used as an adjective: value-add services, value-add features.
The term signals contribution that justifies additional cost or effort.
Critics find it corporate-speak for what could simply be called "benefit" or "improvement."
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- improvementPositive change in quality
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- innovationCreating something original
- game changerDecisive transformative factor
growth · addon · extra mile · productivity · cost reduction · efficiency · bang for buck · competitive advantage · differentiator · core competency · customer retention · advantage · profit margin · bottom line · profitability · scalability · quality · return on investment
- business jargonacronym, scalability, buzzword, drill down, low-hanging fruit
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- office jargonsynergy, circle back, touch base, deep dive, action item
- corporate jargonsynergy, stakeholders, deep dive, circle back, leverage
- tech satireSilicon Valley, buzzword bingo, tech bro, startup culture, hustle culture
- salessale, sales, selling, salesperson, salesman
value addcost center
Unit tracked by expenses
liability · burden · deadweight · drag · overhead
value addbaseline
Standard for comparison
table stakes · commodity · minimum viable product · bare bones · bare minimum
value, add, values, valued, valuing, valuable, valuables, invaluable, valuation