This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in one or more of the following: (1) direct reduction of iron ore; (2) manufacturing pig iron in molten or solid form; (3) converting pig iron into steel; (4) making steel; (5) making steel and manufacturing shapes (e.g., bar, plate, rod, sheet, strip, wire);… It has no schema of its own: companies here are mapped on the Manufacturing schema, and what it does not cover is recorded as gaps.
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Free to map your own company · Members $300 a yearHow automatable each primitive is, estimated from the 1,142 organizations mapped in public on the Manufacturing schema, which this industry inherits: the share of those with the primitive that run it on software. Estimate from public data: the share of mapped organizations that run this on software. Not a recommendation.
| Primitive | Layer | Automation | Peers on software | Software parts named most |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead generation Demand: winning customers | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Quotes and bid responses Demand: winning customers | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Demand and supply planning Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Purchasing Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Production Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Inspection Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Raw, work-in-progress and finished goods Supply: making or delivering the offer | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Shipping Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Bill of materials Supply: making or delivering the offer | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Engineering changes Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Production scheduling Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Work orders Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Machine capacity Supply: making or delivering the offer | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Maintenance Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Supplier quality Supply: making or delivering the offer | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Customer onboarding Customers: keeping them | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Customer data Customers: keeping them | Data | MediumLayer only | 2 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Retention and renewal Customers: keeping them | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Billing and invoicing Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Collections and receivables Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Payments and payables Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Payroll Money: getting paid and paying | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Cash and treasury Money: getting paid and paying | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Standard costs and variances Money: getting paid and paying | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Hiring People: who does the work | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Onboarding and training People: who does the work | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Scheduling and capacity People: who does the work | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Reporting and dashboards Systems: tools and data | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Data management Systems: tools and data | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Legal and contracts administration Control: rules the company runs under | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Lot traceability Control: rules the company runs under | Data | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Management cadence Direction: deciding where it goes | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
Learning and improvement Direction: deciding where it goes | Process | MediumLayer only | 0 of 1,142 mapped; too few to read | — |
The rule, the same for every industry: with 5 or more organizations having the primitive, 50% or more of them on software is high, 20% or more medium, below that low. With fewer, the level rests on the primitive's layer alone and says "Layer only". Software parts are counted once per organization; a detected technology is named by its product. See the blueprint for which organizations run each.
Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (national file), employees as of mid-March 2023, payroll for the year; published 2025-06-26. Coded on NAICS 2017. Withheld cells read as not published.
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