Farm Sofi

..To see a "completed" example click: Marc's 12 Acre Farm Sofi

See Farm VSM

> This diagram is one level more detailed than Stafford Beer's VSM. However, I have color coded the functions of the VSM: Pinkish--System 5 Purple--System 4 Orange--System 3 Blue--System 1 Green--Environment System 2 and System 3# are distributed among the links. :>)

Arrows diagram for your farm assessment

1->22->11->33->11->44->12->55-<25->111->511->1010->113->66->34->77->47->99->76->88->68->1010->89->1010->99->88->911->88->1111->99->1111->77->119->55->97->55->75->44->53->55->33->22->33->1111->36->1010->62->44->25->56->57->22->76->22->610->77->1011->44->118->55->8Works FineNeeds Improvement6->77->63->44->3O->CC->OS->OO->S9->P9->II->99->RR->97->FF-:74->GG->44->cC->.47->SS-71->CC->13->OO->32->OO->2CustomerInteractionStaffingInfra-structureSalesMarketingChangeCultureLeadingOperatingResourcesMarketCommStrategyUrgentActionNeedsAttentionSatisfactoryUnawareSSSSEnterpriseNameCustomersSupliersMarketGeographiesFinancersCompetitorsIdealFuturesRegulatorsProducingPart 1ProducingPart 2ProducingPart nPartnersOperatingUnits

The simplest thing to do is to print this page out and use colored markers to make your assessments. Make multiple copies of the blank form so others can participate.

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Sofi S-4: Sales& Marketing Sofi S-1:Coordination Sofi S-2:Staffing Sofi S-3:Infrastructure Micro Sofi S-5:Innovation &Change Sofi S-6:Day-to-dayOperations Sofi S-7:Resources &Measurement Sofi S-11:Culture Sofi S-8:StrategicPlanning Sofi S-9: MarketCommunication Sofi S-10:Leading Vsm Sys 1:Collaborating Meso Macro Vsm Sys 2:Coordinating Vsm Sys 3:Cooperating Vsm Sys 4:Co-designing Vsm Sys 5:Co-identifying Vsm Sys 3:SupportSharing