System Atlas

Product or service design → suppliers and partners → production or delivery → org structure (+1)

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

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

Organizations running it
15
Of their industry
1%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    work
  3. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    money
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 93% 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
Reporting and dashboards
60%
9
Legal and contracts administration
47%
7
Cash and treasury
40%
6
Data management
27%
4
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 partners3 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Licences and registrations2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Account management1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Legal and contracts administration1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product47%
  • subscription20%
  • marketplace13%
  • service13%
  • asset7%
Size
  • 11-50 people27%
  • 1000+ people20%
  • 201-500 people13%
  • 51-200 people13%
Region
  • United States60%
  • China7%
  • Germany7%
  • India7%
  • New Zealand7%
  • Northern California, United States7%
Instances
The 15 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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