How SISTEM works

From Organization to Parking to Live Operations

SISTEM is designed around how parking actually works in the real world.
Instead of forcing you to adapt your operations to software, SISTEM mirrors the natural structure of parking from business ownership to physical locations, to day-to-day activity.

There are three core layers in SISTEM:

Organization → Parking → Operations

Each layer has a clear role. Together, they create a system that is simple to start with and scales without friction.

Organization

The Business Layer

An organization represents the entity running the parking business.
This could be a company, residential society, contractor, or public authority.

You create your organization once. Everything else, parking locations, teams, and operations live inside it.

At the organization level, you manage:

  • Subscription and billing
  • Global team members and roles
  • Default currency, time zone, and region
  • Integrations that apply across locations

Most organizations don’t change often. SISTEM keeps this layer stable, so your operations never feel fragile.

Think of the organization as the control plane.
It defines ownership, governance, and commercial rules.

Read more: Understanding trials and plans

Parking

The Physical Reality Layer

A parking represents a real-world parking location or zone.

Each parking is independent. This allows you to operate different locations under the same organization without compromise.

A parking can be:

  • A single outdoor lot
  • A residential or office basement
  • An on-street zone
  • A mall, campus, or event location

Inside each parking, you define how that space behaves, including:

  • Vehicle types and capacity
  • Entry and exit methods
  • Pricing logic
  • Passes and subscriptions
  • Facilities and services
  • Parking-level team members

SISTEM treats every parking as its own operational unit. Changes to one parking never accidentally affect another. This separation is essential for scale.

Learn more how to create your first parking

Operations

The Live Activity Layer

Operations are what happen when parking goes live.
This is where SISTEM shifts from configuration to execution.

Operations include:

  • Vehicles entering and exiting
  • Active parking sessions
  • Pass validation and usage
  • Facility usage (EV charging, lockers, services)
  • Payments, receipts, and logs

Everything in this layer is time-sensitive and traceable.

SISTEM is built for real-world conditions where connectivity can be unstable, staff changes happen, and accuracy matters. Operator apps can work offline, and sync automatically once connected again, ensuring continuity on the ground.

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How the layers work together

The power of SISTEM lies not in individual features, but in how these layers interact:

  • The organization sets boundaries
  • The parking defines rules
  • Operations execute those rules in real time

For example:

  • Pricing is defined at the parking level
  • Access is controlled through organization and parking roles
  • Revenue flows into unified billing
  • Reports roll up automatically without manual work

Nothing is duplicated. Nothing is hardcoded.

Why this structure matters

Most parking systems struggle when complexity increases.
SISTEM’s structure avoids common failure points:

  • Adding more locations doesn’t create chaos
  • Different pricing models can coexist
  • Teams grow without permission confusion
  • New services don’t require rebuilding setup

This structure also allows future capabilities like automation, AI-driven insights, and advanced integrations to be added without redesigning the core.

The system is built to evolve.

A system designed for change

Parking is changing from static lots to dynamic mobility spaces, and from manual operations to data-driven services.

SISTEM is designed for that shift.

You can start with:

  • Manual entry
  • Simple pricing
  • One parking

And grow into:

  • Pass-based access
  • Facilities as revenue streams
  • Hardware-assisted automation
  • Predictive operational insights

All within the same structure.

Read next

If you’re setting things up for the first time:

If you want to explore operations in depth: