System Atlas

Governance and decision rights → lead generation → suppliers and partners → customer data (+1)

Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Mostly people and process.

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
9
Of their industry
30%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    money
  3. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    material
  4. Data
    Customer data
    in 100% of instances
    information
  5. Software
    Core system of record
    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
Invariant 5
At least 90% have it
People1
Suppliers and partners
100%
9
Process1
Lead generation
100%
9
Software1
Core system of record
100%
9
Data1
Customer data
100%
9
Decisions1
Governance and decision rights
100%
9
Variant 18
20 to 80%: where they differ · Members
People1
Account management
22%
2
Process6
Quality control
67%
6
Production or delivery
56%
5
Billing and invoicing
33%
3
Scheduling and capacity
33%
3
Hiring
22%
2
Management cadence
22%
2
Software1
Integrations
44%
4
Data3
Cash and treasury
33%
3
Legal and contracts administration
33%
3
Data management
22%
2
Decisions7
Market and positioning
78%
7
Regulatory compliance
78%
7
Policies and culture
67%
6
Strategy and goals
67%
6
Pricing
56%
5
Security and access
44%
4
Budgeting and forecasting
22%
2
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.

  • Scheduling and capacity1 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
  • product44%
  • subscription33%
  • marketplace22%
Size
  • 1000+ people44%
  • 11-50 people22%
  • 51-200 people11%
Region
  • United States56%
  • China22%
  • New Zealand11%
Instances
The 9 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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