System Atlas

Product or service design → suppliers and partners → governance and decision rights → org structure (+1)

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

Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.

Organizations running it
22
Of their industry
0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
  1. Process
    Product or service design
    in 91% of instances
    information
  2. People
    Suppliers and partners
    in 100% of instances
    control
  3. Decisions
    Governance and decision rights
    in 91% of instances
    control
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 95% of instances
    then
  5. Software
    Core system of record
    in 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
Process5
Lead generation
55%
12
Quality control
45%
10
Production or delivery
41%
9
Billing and invoicing
27%
6
Scheduling and capacity
23%
5
Software2
Integrations
36%
8
Communication tools
23%
5
Data3
Cash and treasury
27%
6
Data management
23%
5
Legal and contracts administration
23%
5
Decisions6
Strategy and goals
77%
17
Pricing
68%
15
Market and positioning
59%
13
Policies and culture
45%
10
Regulatory compliance
45%
10
Security and access
36%
8
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 partners3 findings
    Dependency (public record) 3 · at 3 companies
  • Org structure2 findings
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Communication tools1 finding
    Workaround (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Strategy and goals1 finding
    Bottleneck (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Core system of record1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • subscription50%
  • product36%
  • marketplace14%
Size
  • 1000+ people32%
  • 11-50 people18%
  • 51-200 people14%
  • 201-500 people9%
Region
  • United States64%
  • China9%
  • Australia5%
  • Canada5%
  • New Zealand5%
  • Remote (founded in the United Kingdom)5%
Instances
The 22 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances

Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.