System Atlas

Customer data → product or service design → budgeting and forecasting → org structure (+1)

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
14
Of their industry
5%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Data
    Customer data
    in 93% of instances
    information
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Budgeting and forecasting
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances

Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.

Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
People1
Org structure
100%
14
Process1
Product or service design
100%
14
Data1
Customer data
93%
13
Decisions2
Budgeting and forecasting
100%
14
Governance and decision rights
100%
14
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.

Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Suppliers and partners2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product57%
  • marketplace29%
  • service14%
Size
  • 1000+ people50%
  • 201-500 people14%
  • 11-50 people7%
  • 51-200 people7%
Region
  • United States71%
  • China7%
  • Germany7%
  • India7%
  • Russia7%
Instances
The 14 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.