The business system
How the parts of your business connect
A late order is rarely only a production problem. Sales, suppliers, stores, money and management all pass work to each other, so trouble in one place shows up in another.
Your business
Tell us about your business and this page shows what fits it first.
Pick an area or a problem
The areas marked KEY are the ones that matter most for your kind of business. Your industry decides which parts come first, not which parts exist.
These support every part of the business
One problem usually touches several parts of the business.
Hover an area to see its common problems. Click it to see how it runs. Or start from a problem above to see what else it affects.
What lamp could do
Ask one question, see what gets checked
Owners usually ask one question and then call three teams. lamp could check the parts of the business that question touches, together.
- 01Customers & SalesFeeds Orders, Finance
- 02CheckingOrders & DeliveryFeeds Purchasing, Production, Finance
- 03Purchasing & SuppliersFeeds Inventory, Finance
- 04InventoryFeeds Production, Orders
- 05ProductionFeeds Quality, Inventory, Orders
- 06QualityFeeds Orders, Purchasing
- 07MaintenanceFeeds Production
- 08FinanceFeeds Purchasing, Management
These support every part of the business
- 09People
- 10Management
- 11Compliance & Support
You
Which customer orders are at risk this week?
lamp
Checking Orders & Delivery...
Sample answer. Your own figures appear once your data is connected.
Industry lens
What each kind of business looks at first
The same eleven areas exist everywhere. These are the four a business of each kind usually watches closest.
- Manufacturing
Looks at first
- Production
- Purchasing & Suppliers
- Inventory
- Quality
- Distribution and trading
Looks at first
- Customers & Sales
- Inventory
- Purchasing & Suppliers
- Finance
- Food processing
Looks at first
- Production
- Quality
- Inventory
- Orders & Delivery
- Service businesses
Looks at first
- Customers & Sales
- Orders & Delivery
- People
- Finance
- Businesses like yours
Looks at first
- Customers & Sales
- Finance
- People
- Management
See your own business on this map
lamp could connect to the tools you already use and show which orders, suppliers and payments need you today.