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: