System Atlas

Lead generation → product or service design → suppliers and partners → customer data (+3)

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
20
Of their industry
0%
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
    information
  3. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    material
  4. Data
    Customer data
    in 90% of instances
    then
  5. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 90% of instances
    control
  6. People
    Org structure
    in 90% of instances
    then
  7. Data
    Reporting and dashboards
    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
People1
Sales
25%
5
Process5
Quality control
50%
10
Hiring
40%
8
Production or delivery
35%
7
Billing and invoicing
30%
6
Scheduling and capacity
20%
4
Software2
Core system of record
55%
11
Integrations
35%
7
Data3
Legal and contracts administration
40%
8
Cash and treasury
25%
5
Data management
20%
4
Decisions6
Regulatory compliance
70%
14
Strategy and goals
65%
13
Pricing
60%
12
Policies and culture
55%
11
Security and access
35%
7
Budgeting and forecasting
20%
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.

  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Org structure1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Pricing1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Reporting and dashboards1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Suppliers and partners1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product40%
  • subscription35%
  • marketplace25%
Size
  • 1000+ people50%
  • 11-50 people10%
  • 51-200 people10%
Region
  • United States55%
  • China10%
  • France5%
  • India5%
  • New Zealand5%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)5%
Instances
The 20 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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