This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing semiconductors and related solid-state devices. Examples of products made by these establishments are integrated circuits, memory chips, microprocessors, diodes, transistors, solar cells, and other optoelectronic devices. 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 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Markets and product lines Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 28 on software | — |
Sales and distributors Demand: winning customers | People | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Price lists and margin rules Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Purchase orders and supply agreements Demand: winning customers | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Supplier base Supply: making or delivering the offer | People | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Customer service and returns Customers: keeping them | People | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Account management Customers: keeping them | People | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Budgeting and forecasting Money: getting paid and paying | Decisions | LowLayer only | 1 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Org structure People: who does the work | People | LowEstimate | 0 of 11 on software | — |
Performance and pay People: who does the work | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Policies and culture People: who does the work | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Security and access Systems: tools and data | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Licences and registrations Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Regulatory compliance Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Insurance and risk Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Plant safety and environment Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Quality management system Control: rules the company runs under | Decisions | LowLayer only | 0 of 52 mapped; too few to read | — |
Strategy and goals Direction: deciding where it goes | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 11 on software | — |
Governance and decision rights Direction: deciding where it goes | Decisions | LowEstimate | 0 of 25 on software | — |
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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