APQC Partnerships and Alliances

Sinclair Group is a market leader in transforming manufacturing operations and creating performance improvements that are tangible and sustainable. Clients have achieved significant improvements in their supply chain, manufacturing operations, business and technology strategies, operating culture, and maintenance and reliability performance. Over the last 15 years, Sinclair Group has earned a reputation for creating extraordinary value for its clients. Headquartered near Houston, Texas, the group has a presence in North America, Europe, The Middle East and Asia. Visit www.sinclairgroup.com.

ASQ is a global community of people dedicated to quality who share the ideas and tools to make our world work better. With millions of individuals and organizational members of the community in 150 countries, ASQ has the reputation and reach to bring together the diverse quality champions who are transforming the world’s corporations, organizations, and communities to meet tomorrow’s critical challenges. As stewards of worldwide quality knowledge, ASQ is ideally suited to spearhead the unprecedented Global State of Quality study. ASQ is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, with national service centers in China, India, and Mexico. Learn more about ASQ’s members, mission, technologies, and training at www.asq.org.

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is the premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to the journey of continuous improvement and enterprise excellence. AME’s membership is composed of a trusted network of volunteers who are committed to leveraging the practitioner-to-practitioner and company-to-company shared-learning experience. Through engaging workshops, seminars, plant tours and industry-leading conferences, AME members are continually discovering and implementing new continuous improvement strategies and best practices. AME offers its members a multitude of valuable resources to help them stay abreast of current industry developments, and improve the skills, competitiveness, and overall success of their organizations. For more information, visit www.ame.org or email info@ame.org.

Founded in 1963, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals is the leading worldwide professional association dedicated to education, research, and the advancement of the supply chain management profession. With over 9,000 members, representing business, government, and academia from 63 countries, CSCMP members are the leading practitioners and authorities in the fields of logistics and supply chain management. For information, visit www.cscmp.org.

Do you have operations or subsidiaries in Germany, Austria or Switzerland? They can take advantage of client specific, German-language supply chain benchmarking through APQC’s alliance with Benchmarking Center Europe. To learn more or get started, visit www.benchmarking-center-europe.de, call +49 (0) 221/ 8605 316 or email m.schmieder@bmc-eu.com.

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. Our mission is to improve the effectiveness of individuals and organizations in product development and management. This is accomplished by providing resources for professional development, information, collaboration and promotion of new product development and management. Visit www.pdma.org.

The Institute of Financial Operations serves as a global voice, chief advocate, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, and principal educator for people in financial operations around the world. IFO’s products and services are particularly focused on accounts payable, accounts receivable, automation, document management, and procure-to-pay.  The organization’s offerings include conferences and events, networking groups and communities, volunteer opportunities, online tools and other leading-edge resources, professional guidance and standards, educational offerings including e-learning, and certification. Visit www.financialops.org.

The Edison Awards™ are among the most prestigious accolades honoring excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design and innovation. Unique to the world of award programs, the Edison Awards™ are focused on the innovators as much as the innovations. Award winners represent "game changing" products, services and excellence and leadership in innovation around four criteria: Concept, Value, Delivery and Impact. An Edison Award represents significant value to the award winner and to the cause of innovation. Visit www.edisonawards.com.