Market and positioning → customer service and support → org structure
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Cross-industryRun by organizations in 47 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 110
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 93% of instancesthen
- PeopleCustomer service and supportin 100% of instancesthen
- PeopleOrg structurein 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
Inventory and assets
39%
43
Data management
25%
27
Customer data
23%
25
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.
- Sales26 findingsManual hand-off 11 · Dependency 8 · Bottleneck 4 · Informal channel 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 25 companies
- Customer service and support25 findingsDependency 8 · Informal channel 6 · Manual hand-off 4 · Tacit rule 4 · Bottleneck 2 · Workaround 1 · at 22 companies
- Production or delivery23 findingsDependency 13 · Tacit rule 5 · Manual hand-off 3 · Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 20 companies
- Suppliers and partners16 findingsDependency 15 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 16 companies
- Hiring12 findingsTacit rule 5 · Informal channel 3 · Bottleneck 2 · Manual hand-off 2 · at 8 companies
- Org structure11 findingsDependency 5 · Bottleneck 1 · Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 11 companies
- Core system of record10 findingsDependency 6 · Workaround 2 · Bottleneck 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 10 companies
- Pricing9 findingsTacit rule 5 · Manual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · at 9 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- subscription9%
- service7%
- product5%
- asset1%
- marketplace1%
Size
- 1000+ people20%
- 51-200 people7%
- 201-500 people5%
- 501-1000 people5%
- 11-50 people4%
Region
- United States22%
- France12%
- Germany9%
- United Kingdom8%
- Japan5%
- Sweden5%
Instances
The 110 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.