System Atlas

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
  1. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 90% of instances
    information
  2. Process
    Logistics and fulfilment
    in 100% of instances
    work
  3. Process
    Customer onboarding
    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
Hiring
58%
18
Onboarding and training
42%
13
Planning and scheduling
39%
12
Proposals and quoting
32%
10
Quality control
29%
9
Billing and invoicing
26%
8
Learning and improvement
26%
8
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 findings
    Manual hand-off 8 · Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · at 14 companies
  • Production or delivery13 findings
    Dependency 9 · Tacit rule 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 10 companies
  • Customer onboarding8 findings
    Dependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 7 companies
  • Logistics and fulfilment7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 6 companies
  • Customer service and support7 findings
    Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 6 companies
  • Suppliers and partners6 findings
    Dependency 6 · at 6 companies
  • Pricing4 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · at 4 companies
  • Inventory and assets3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
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.