System Atlas

Lead generation → product or service design → production or delivery → hiring (+3)

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

Within one industryHolds in Artificial intelligence. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
20
Of their industry
29%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Product or service design
    in 95% of instances
    work
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. Process
    Hiring
    in 90% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Strategy and goals
    in 100% of instances
    control
  6. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  7. Decisions
    Data protection and security assurance
    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
Compute capacity
35%
7
Inventory and assets
30%
6
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.

  • Sales9 findings
    Manual hand-off 5 · Dependency 3 · Informal channel 1 · at 9 companies
  • Suppliers and partners6 findings
    Dependency 6 · at 6 companies
  • Customer onboarding5 findings
    Dependency 5 · at 4 companies
  • Production or delivery4 findings
    Dependency 4 · at 4 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
  • Customer service and support3 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 3 companies
  • Usage policies and model documentation3 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Health, safety and environment2 findings
    Manual hand-off 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription5%
Size
  • 201-500 people10%
  • 501-1000 people5%
  • 51-200 people5%
Region
  • United States20%
  • North America10%
  • San Francisco, United States10%
  • Beijing, China5%
  • Canada5%
  • France5%
Instances
The 20 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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