Market and positioning → customer onboarding → hiring
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Cross-industryRun by organizations in 21 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 52
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 100% of instancesthen
- ProcessCustomer onboardingin 100% of instancesthen
- ProcessHiringin 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
Quality control
35%
18
Learning and improvement
35%
18
Onboarding and training
33%
17
Logistics and fulfilment
27%
14
Billing and invoicing
27%
14
Proposals and quoting
21%
11
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.
- Sales20 findingsManual hand-off 10 · Dependency 6 · Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · at 18 companies
- Customer onboarding11 findingsDependency 8 · Manual hand-off 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 10 companies
- Suppliers and partners10 findingsDependency 10 · at 10 companies
- Pricing5 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Dependency 1 · at 5 companies
- Logistics and fulfilment4 findingsDependency 3 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
- Customer service and support4 findingsDependency 2 · Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 4 companies
- Contracts3 findingsDependency 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
- Governance and decision rights3 findingsDependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- subscription8%
- product6%
- marketplace4%
Size
- 1000+ people12%
- 51-200 people10%
- 501-1000 people8%
- 201-500 people6%
Region
- United States38%
- France8%
- San Francisco, United States6%
- United Kingdom6%
- Switzerland4%
- Canada2%
Instances
The 52 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.