System Atlas

Org structure → market and positioning → product or service design → suppliers and partners

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 30 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
102
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. People
    Org structure
    in 100% of instances
    then
  2. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 90% of instances
    then
  3. Process
    Product or service design
    in 93% of instances
    money
  4. People
    Suppliers and partners
    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
Product or service design
93%
95
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 partners31 findings
    Dependency 25 · Dependency (public record) 5 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 30 companies
  • Sales15 findings
    Manual hand-off 8 · Dependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 14 companies
  • Production or delivery12 findings
    Dependency 9 · Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 12 companies
  • Customer service and support8 findings
    Dependency 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Informal channel 1 · Workaround 1 · at 7 companies
  • Governance and decision rights6 findings
    Dependency 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Tacit rule (public record) 1 · at 6 companies
  • Pricing6 findings
    Tacit rule 4 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 6 companies
  • Billing and invoicing5 findings
    Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
  • Product or service design5 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 2 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 5 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription17%
  • product15%
  • marketplace9%
  • service6%
  • agency_franchise1%
  • asset1%
Size
  • 1000+ people27%
  • 201-500 people10%
  • 51-200 people7%
  • 11-50 people6%
  • 501-1000 people3%
  • 1-10 people1%
Region
  • United States49%
  • France5%
  • Brazil3%
  • Canada2%
  • North America2%
  • San Francisco, United States2%
Instances
The 102 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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