System Atlas

Suppliers and partners → lead generation → production or delivery

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 36 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
82
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    information
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    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
Inventory and assets
35%
29
Customer data
26%
21
Reporting and dashboards
21%
17
Legal and contracts administration
21%
17
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.

  • Suppliers and partners35 findings
    Dependency 33 · Workaround 2 · at 33 companies
  • Sales19 findings
    Manual hand-off 9 · Dependency 7 · Bottleneck 2 · Informal channel 1 · at 18 companies
  • Production or delivery13 findings
    Dependency 8 · Bottleneck 3 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 13 companies
  • Customer service and support11 findings
    Manual hand-off 4 · Informal channel 3 · Tacit rule 2 · Dependency 1 · Workaround 1 · at 9 companies
  • Pricing9 findings
    Tacit rule 4 · Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · Workaround (public record) 1 · at 9 companies
  • Logistics and fulfilment7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Tacit rule 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Informal channel 1 · at 5 companies
  • Customer onboarding6 findings
    Dependency 4 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 6 companies
  • Hiring5 findings
    Dependency 3 · Informal channel 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 5 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product15%
  • subscription9%
  • service4%
  • distribution2%
  • marketplace2%
  • asset1%
Size
  • 1000+ people18%
  • 201-500 people10%
  • 51-200 people5%
  • 11-50 people2%
  • 501-1000 people1%
Region
  • United States32%
  • France6%
  • Switzerland5%
  • United Kingdom5%
  • Austria4%
  • San Francisco, United States4%
Instances
The 82 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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