Suppliers and partners → 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
- PeopleSuppliers and partnersin 100% of instanceswork
- ProcessProduction or deliveryin 100% of instancesthen
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 92% of instancesthen
- DecisionsStrategy and goalsin 92% of instancescontrol
- ProcessProduct or service designin 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
Production or delivery
100%
12
Product or service design
92%
11
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 partners5 findingsDependency 5 · at 5 companies
- Production or delivery3 findingsDependency 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
- Market and positioning2 findingsTacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
- Customer service and support2 findingsInformal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
- Regulatory compliance1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
- Customer onboarding1 findingManual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
- Governance and decision rights1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
- Inventory and assets1 findingDependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
Business model
- subscription17%
- asset8%
- marketplace8%
- product8%
- service8%
Size
- 1000+ people42%
- 201-500 people8%
- 51-200 people8%
Region
- United States33%
- Canada8%
- Eurasia (CIS member states)8%
- Herndon, Virginia, United States8%
- Italy8%
- Netherlands8%
Instances
The 12 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.