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
- ProcessPlanning and schedulingin 100% of instanceswork
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 92% of instancesthen
- DecisionsRegulatory compliancein 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
Lead generation
75%
9
Product or service design
75%
9
Logistics and fulfilment
50%
6
Hiring
50%
6
Quality control
33%
4
Customer onboarding
33%
4
Proposals and quoting
25%
3
Procurement
25%
3
Onboarding and training
25%
3
Learning and improvement
25%
3
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.
- Org structure3 findingsDependency 3 · at 2 companies
- Planning and scheduling3 findingsDependency 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
- Pricing3 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
- Sales3 findingsBottleneck 1 · Dependency 1 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
- Suppliers and partners3 findingsDependency 3 · at 3 companies
- Production or delivery2 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Hiring2 findingsDependency 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Lead generation2 findingsDependency 2 · at 2 companies
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
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
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.