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Network with Peers and Discover Best Practices Through Collaborative Learning Opportunities
If you are interested in a more interactive approach to learning best practices, including the ability to interact with best practice organizations and peers, APQC offers collaborative research studies. We provide numerous on-going research projects focused on a variety of topical process areas, and we offer a combination of in-person and virtual learning opportunities to provide you the flexibility you need as you learn:
- Supplier Relationship Management: Current Practices for Competitive Advantage
- Positioning Communities of Practice for Success
- Knowledge Management Measures That Matter
- New Product Development: Embracing an Adaptable Process
Your participation gives you the ability to shape the research focus, attend site visits with leading organizations, share insights and take away actionable reports and findings. Things you can use right away to improve the performance of your function or process area.
We also invite you to download our upcoming research agenda. It will provide you with an “at-a-glance” view of our upcoming research projects.
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Learn more about how to serve as an actual research champion in one of our best practice studies. For more information on how your organization may participate in the research, please contact a Relationship Manager.
How Can Participation Help Your Organization?
Learn what works and why.
APQC's proven collaborative methodology provide you with immediate access to new benchmarking data and best practices.
Get real answers from best-in-class companies.
Find out which organizations are getting the results you want, talk to them about your own challenges, and understand how you can follow their lead. Even visit them on-site in many cases.
Build a network of peers.
Meet people who are focused on the same things you are, collaborate with them to develop creative solutions, and forge relationships that will help you down the road.
Save money.
Because our research projects are group-based, peer-to-peer collaborations, you get the highest quality benchmarking results at the lowest possible cost.
Advisory Services
Get tailored, one-on-one help with your knowledge management or process improvement initiatives.
Frameworks
Use our Process Classification Framework to understand and improve performance.
Contact Us
Contact us today to discuss your organization's needs and how we may help.
1 (800) 776 9676 or +1 (713) 681 4020
