System Atlas

Planning and scheduling → production or delivery (work flow)

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

Cross-industryRun by organizations in 10 industries. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
12
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Planning and scheduling
    in 100% of instances
    work
  2. Process
    Production or delivery
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 92% of instances
    then
  4. Decisions
    Regulatory compliance
    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
Process2
Planning and scheduling
100%
12
Production or delivery
100%
12
Decisions2
Market and positioning
92%
11
Regulatory compliance
92%
11
Variant · where they differ
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Variants, couplings and instances

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Couplings · what comes together
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Variants, couplings and instances

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.

  • Org structure3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 2 companies
  • Planning and scheduling3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Pricing3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Sales3 findings
    Bottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
  • Suppliers and partners3 findings
    Dependency 3 · at 3 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Hiring2 findings
    Dependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Lead generation2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription17%
  • product8%
  • service8%
Size
  • 1000+ people17%
  • 501-1000 people8%
Region
  • United States25%
  • France17%
  • Switzerland17%
  • Brazil8%
  • Germany8%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States8%
Instances
The 12 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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