System Atlas

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
  1. People
    Suppliers and partners
    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
    Strategy and goals
    in 92% of instances
    control
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    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
Lead generation
50%
6
Hiring
42%
5
Logistics and fulfilment
33%
4
Customer onboarding
33%
4
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

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Entropy
Where it runs rough

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

  • Suppliers and partners5 findings
    Dependency 5 · at 5 companies
  • Production or delivery3 findings
    Dependency 2 · Manual hand-off 1 · at 3 companies
  • Market and positioning2 findings
    Tacit rule 2 · at 2 companies
  • Customer service and support2 findings
    Informal channel 1 · Tacit rule 1 · at 2 companies
  • Regulatory compliance1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Customer onboarding1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Inventory and assets1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
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.