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What CEOs Must Do About Risk Now

CEOs of large, global non-financial companies are now absorbing the latest ideas and best practices in the realm of enterprise risk management (ERM).

Type: Articles and White Papers  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Risk Management, Finance and Accounting, Organization and Management  Processes: 7.3 Manage business resiliency and risk, 7.0 Manage Information Technology, 8.0 Manage Financial Resources, 8.7.5 Manage financial risks, 8.7 Manage treasury operations, 8.7.5.3 Manage exposure risk 
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The Greatest Barriers to Continuous Improvement

This article, provided by Process Excellence Network , describes the five biggest obstacles to continuous improvement. Knowing what the greatest barriers are can help you take action to avoid them.

Type: Articles and White Papers  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process  Processes: 12.4.1.12 Identify barriers to change, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.1 Plan for change 
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How Intel Rewards Continuous Improvement and Connects Employees to Best Practices

Intel is the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker, designing and manufacturing a range of computing and communications products.

Type: Case Studies  Topics: Benchmarking, Business Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Process, Local/State/National Quality Awards, Quality, Quality Assessment, Recognition and Rewards Programs, Human Capital Management, Rewards and Recognition Programs, Portals and Collaboration, Knowledge and Information Management, Information Technology  Processes: 1.1.3.1 Analyze organizational characteristics, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.3 Perform internal analysis, 1.1.3.2 Create baselines for current processes, 12.2.1 Conduct performance assessments, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.2.2 Develop benchmarking capabilities, 12.2.3.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2.3 Conduct process benchmarking, 12.2.4 Conduct competitive benchmarking, 12.3.4.3 Identify specific IT requirements, 12.3 Develop enterprise-wide knowledge management (KM) capability, 12.3.4 Design and launch KM projects, 6.4.1.6 Reward and motivate employees, 6.4 Reward and retain employees, 6.4.1 Develop and manage reward, recognition, and motivation programs  Industry: Computers, Electronics, Semiconductors, Telecommunication 
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Effectively Managing Risk Across the Enterprise

Effectively Management Risk Across the Enterprise is the ground-breaking new study focused on the maturity of  enterprise risk management programs.

Type: Product Collection  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Risk Management, Finance and Accounting  Processes: 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 7.3 Manage business resiliency and risk, 7.0 Manage Information Technology, 8.0 Manage Financial Resources, 8.7.5 Manage financial risks, 8.7 Manage treasury operations, 8.7.5.3 Manage exposure risk, 8.8.1.5 Define entity/unit risk tolerances, 8.8 Manage internal controls, 8.8.1 Establish internal controls, policies, and procedures  Industry: Education (Higher Education), Machinery Equipment, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Pharmaceutical, Software 
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Challenges Facing a Manufacturing Renaissance - An APQC Excerpt from an AME White Paper

This article from APQC, based on a white paper from AME (the Association for Manufacturing Excellence), highlights four concrete actions organizations can take to revitalize U.S.

Type: Articles and White Papers  Topics: Business Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Process, Production Management, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing  Processes: 4.3 Produce/Manufacture/Deliver product, 4.0 Deliver Products and Services  Industry: Durable Goods, Machinery, Machinery Equipment 
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Rolling Forecasts: Managing the Present and Planning for the Future (Collection)

Rolling forecasts are tools for continuous planning. Organizations don't plan based on an annual set of events, they expect to deliver continuing profitable performance.

Type: Product Collection  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Forecasting, Finance and Accounting, Planning, budgeting, and forecasting, Budgeting  Processes: 8.1 Perform planning and management accounting, 8.0 Manage Financial Resources, 1.1.4 Establish strategic vision, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.2.4 Coordinate and align functional and process strategies, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 8.1.1 Perform planning/budgeting/forecasting, 8.1.1.2 Prepare periodic budgets and plans, 8.1.1.3 Prepare periodic financial forecasts 
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Financial Shared Services: Evolving Opportunities (Collection)

This collection contains APQC's thought leadership, Open Standards Benchmarking research, and best-practice research on the efficient operation and evolution of shared services.

Type: Product Collection  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, General Accounting and Reporting, Finance and Accounting, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Performance Management  Processes: 8.1 Perform planning and management accounting, 8.0 Manage Financial Resources, 8.2 Perform revenue accounting, 8.3 Perform general accounting and reporting, 6.0 Develop and Manage Human Capital, 8.5 Process payroll, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 8.2.3 Process accounts receivable (AR), 8.3.4 Perform financial reporting, 8.6 Process accounts payable and expense reimbursements 
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Best Practices in Process Improvement: The Seven Tenets of Process Management

The goal of process management is to make the organization better—to give it a stronger position in the marketplace, to grow a work force of engaged and motivated employees, to increase productivity and quality, and ...

Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers  Topics: Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Process, Lean, Quality, Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Process Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Project Management, Organization and Management  Processes: 12.4.1.1 Select process improvement methodology, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.1 Plan for change, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 12.4.4.1 Monitor improved process performance, 12.4.4 Sustain improvement, 12.4.4.3 Take corrective action as necessary 
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Creating a Performance Culture (Slides)

In these slides, Dennis Pikop and Tim Leach explain how Northrop Grumman injected continuous improvement into operational processes using a process framework.

Type: Presentations  Topics: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Excellence, Process, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Process Management  Processes: 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.3.2 Reengineer business processes and systems, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 12.4.4 Sustain improvement  Industry: Aerospace, Engineering 
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A Catalyst for Continuous Improvement: The Intel Quality Award (Slides)

Increasing quality and growing a quality-oriented mindset within an organization requires a comprehensive, well-rounded approach.

Type: Presentations  Topics: Benchmarking, Business Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Process, Local/State/National Quality Awards, Quality, Quality Assessment, Recognition and Rewards Programs, Human Capital Management, Rewards and Recognition Programs, Portals and Collaboration, Knowledge and Information Management, Information Technology  Processes: 1.1.3.1 Analyze organizational characteristics, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.3 Perform internal analysis, 1.1.3.2 Create baselines for current processes, 12.2.1 Conduct performance assessments, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 12.2.2 Develop benchmarking capabilities, 12.2.3.3 Measure performance against benchmarks, 12.2.3 Conduct process benchmarking, 12.2.4 Conduct competitive benchmarking, 12.3.4.3 Identify specific IT requirements, 12.3 Develop enterprise-wide knowledge management (KM) capability, 12.3.4 Design and launch KM projects, 6.4.1.6 Reward and motivate employees, 6.4 Reward and retain employees, 6.4.1 Develop and manage reward, recognition, and motivation programs  Industry: Computers, Electronics, Semiconductors, Telecommunication 
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