Logistics and fulfilment → customer onboarding
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Cross-industryRun by organizations in 18 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 29
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- ProcessLogistics and fulfilmentin 100% of instanceswork
- ProcessCustomer onboardingin 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
Hiring
59%
17
Onboarding and training
41%
12
Planning and scheduling
38%
11
Proposals and quoting
31%
9
Quality control
28%
8
Billing and invoicing
28%
8
Learning and improvement
24%
7
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.
- Sales15 findingsManual hand-off 8 · Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · at 14 companies
- Customer onboarding7 findingsDependency 4 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 6 companies
- Logistics and fulfilment7 findingsDependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 6 companies
- Suppliers and partners6 findingsDependency 6 · at 6 companies
- Customer service and support5 findingsInformal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 5 companies
- Pricing4 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · at 4 companies
- Inventory and assets3 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 2 companies
- Planning and scheduling3 findingsTacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 3 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- service7%
- subscription7%
- product3%
Size
- 201-500 people10%
- 51-200 people7%
- 1000+ people3%
- 501-1000 people3%
Region
- United States28%
- France10%
- Germany7%
- Canada3%
- Colorado, USA (headquarters); Oxfordshire, United Kingdom3%
- Global (more than 60 countries/regions)3%
Instances
The 29 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.