System Atlas

Product or service design → suppliers and partners → customer data → org structure (+1)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.

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
36
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 97% of instances
    money
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    material
  3. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    work
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 94% 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
Suppliers and partners
100%
36
Org structure
94%
34
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.

  • Suppliers and partners6 findings
    Dependency (public record) 5 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 6 companies
  • Org structure4 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
  • Governance and decision rights3 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Customer data2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Production or delivery1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product36%
  • subscription28%
  • marketplace25%
  • service8%
Size
  • 1000+ people33%
  • 11-50 people14%
  • 201-500 people11%
  • 51-200 people8%
  • 501-1000 people6%
  • 1-10 people3%
Region
  • United States69%
  • China6%
  • Australia3%
  • Canada3%
  • France3%
  • Germany3%
Instances
The 36 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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