System Atlas

Lead generation → customer service and support → product or service design → market and positioning (+1)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 21 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
61
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. People
    Customer service and support
    in 100% of instances
    information
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 90% of instances
    information
  4. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    then
  5. 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
Customer service and support
100%
61
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.

  • Sales23 findings
    Manual hand-off 11 · Dependency 7 · Bottleneck 3 · Informal channel 2 · at 22 companies
  • Production or delivery18 findings
    Dependency 10 · Tacit rule 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Workaround 1 · at 16 companies
  • Suppliers and partners16 findings
    Dependency 15 · Workaround 1 · at 15 companies
  • Customer service and support13 findings
    Informal channel 4 · Tacit rule 4 · Dependency 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Workaround 1 · at 12 companies
  • Pricing8 findings
    Tacit rule 5 · Manual hand-off 3 · at 8 companies
  • Hiring6 findings
    Dependency 4 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 6 companies
  • Customer onboarding5 findings
    Dependency 3 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 5 companies
  • Quality control4 findings
    Dependency 4 · at 4 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product5%
  • subscription5%
  • marketplace2%
  • service2%
Size
  • 1000+ people7%
  • 51-200 people7%
  • 11-50 people5%
  • 201-500 people3%
  • 501-1000 people2%
Region
  • United States36%
  • United Kingdom8%
  • San Francisco, United States5%
  • France3%
  • North America3%
  • Switzerland3%
Instances
The 61 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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