System Atlas

Market and positioning → inventory and assets → regulatory compliance

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 32 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
64
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 92% of instances
    then
  2. Data
    Inventory and assets
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    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
Inventory and assets
100%
64
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.

  • Production or delivery14 findings
    Dependency 11 · Manual hand-off 2 · Workaround 1 · at 13 companies
  • Hiring14 findings
    Dependency 5 · Tacit rule 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 9 companies
  • Customer service and support12 findings
    Dependency 4 · Manual hand-off 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 10 companies
  • Suppliers and partners10 findings
    Dependency 10 · at 10 companies
  • Customer onboarding7 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 6 companies
  • Health, safety and environment7 findings
    Bottleneck 2 · Dependency 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 6 companies
  • Pricing7 findings
    Tacit rule 4 · Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 7 companies
  • Inventory and assets6 findings
    Dependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · at 6 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • service13%
  • product11%
  • subscription6%
  • agency_franchise2%
  • asset2%
  • distribution2%
Size
  • 1000+ people36%
  • 501-1000 people5%
  • 51-200 people3%
  • 11-50 people2%
  • 201-500 people2%
Region
  • United States20%
  • United Kingdom13%
  • Germany11%
  • France8%
  • Sweden6%
  • Brazil5%
Instances
The 64 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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