System Atlas

Lead generation → product or service design → suppliers and partners → governance and decision rights

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
26
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 96% of instances
    money
  3. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    information
  4. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 92% 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
27%
7
Process5
Quality control
54%
14
Hiring
50%
13
Production or delivery
42%
11
Billing and invoicing
38%
10
Scheduling and capacity
27%
7
Software2
Core system of record
46%
12
Integrations
38%
10
Data3
Reporting and dashboards
77%
20
Legal and contracts administration
35%
9
Cash and treasury
23%
6
Decisions7
Regulatory compliance
69%
18
Strategy and goals
69%
18
Pricing
62%
16
Policies and culture
62%
16
Security and access
42%
11
Contracts
23%
6
Budgeting and forecasting
23%
6
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 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Governance and decision rights2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Integrations1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Product or service design1 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
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product42%
  • subscription31%
  • marketplace23%
Size
  • 1000+ people42%
  • 11-50 people8%
  • 201-500 people8%
  • 501-1000 people8%
  • 51-200 people8%
Region
  • United States62%
  • China8%
  • France8%
  • India4%
  • New Zealand4%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)4%
Instances
The 26 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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