Production or delivery → 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 20 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 31
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 90% of instancesinformation
- 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
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
- Production or delivery13 findingsDependency 9 · Tacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 10 companies
- Customer onboarding8 findingsDependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 7 companies
- Logistics and fulfilment7 findingsDependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 6 companies
- Customer service and support7 findingsBottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 6 companies
- Suppliers and partners6 findingsDependency 6 · at 6 companies
- Pricing4 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · at 4 companies
- Inventory and assets3 findingsDependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- service6%
- subscription6%
- product3%
Size
- 201-500 people10%
- 51-200 people6%
- 1000+ people3%
- 11-50 people3%
- 501-1000 people3%
Region
- United States26%
- France10%
- Germany6%
- United Kingdom6%
- Australia3%
- Canada3%
Instances
The 31 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.