System Atlas

Product or service design → production or delivery → logistics and fulfilment

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
26
Of their industry
2%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    work
  2. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    material
  3. Process
    Logistics and fulfilment
    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
Suppliers and partners
65%
17
Sales
62%
16
Org structure
62%
16
Customer service and support
38%
10
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 · Bottleneck 1 · at 8 companies
  • Suppliers and partners8 findings
    Dependency 8 · at 8 companies
  • Logistics and fulfilment7 findings
    Dependency 3 · Bottleneck 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · Workaround 1 · at 7 companies
  • Production or delivery5 findings
    Dependency 4 · Workaround 1 · at 5 companies
  • Licences and registrations4 findings
    Dependency 4 · at 4 companies
  • Customer onboarding3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 3 companies
  • Regulatory compliance2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Workaround 1 · at 2 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product23%
  • subscription8%
  • asset4%
Size
  • 1000+ people15%
  • 201-500 people12%
  • 501-1000 people8%
  • 11-50 people4%
  • 51-200 people4%
Region
  • United States35%
  • France8%
  • North America8%
  • Canada4%
  • China4%
  • Germany / United States4%
Instances
The 26 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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