At this time of year, many APQC members and customers are busy assessing their performance in 2012 and making ambitious plans for 2013. As your HR function considers where it’s been and where it wants to be, take a look at the new tools and resources that APQC has available to assist you. First,…
It’s all a matter of perspective. Countless books, reports, and journal articles lament the decline of the consulting profession, couching this grim forecast in phrases like the “end of big ideas.” Instead of writing the profession’s obituary, APQC has reached a different conclusion after…
Are you looking to read more on strategic sourcing? Here at APQC we’ve been receiving a lot of requests for content on this topic. We have plenty available for both APQC members and nonmembers. APQC’s recent best practices report Supplier Category Management: Driving Value Through the Procurement…
APQC, in conjunction with EPM Channel, conducted a survey this summer to better understand trends in finance talent development. When asked, “what one change would make the most difference to your finance organization and its ability to add value to the enterprise?” 26 percent of survey…
Here at APQC, we publish a lot of content exclusively for our members, but we also make our research available to the broader public. So, of the hundreds of content pieces publicly available in our Knowledge Base, which are downloaded most often? Below is a top 10 list of some of our most popular…
According to the American Society of Quality (ASQ), the cost of quality is the price of not creating a product or service. In other words, the calculation measures the waste or losses associated with producing a poor quality product. Costs rise when rework, retesting, or rebuilding happens, as the…
of Our Latest Performance-Improving Resources for HR. On Tuesday, August 28 at 10:30 a.m. CDT, join me for a complimentary, guided tour of APQC’s most recent human capital management (HCM) content. Hear where you can find HR metrics including: total cost…
Do you want to expand your organization’s idea-generating capacity? APQC’s upcoming Best Practices Study, Enhancing Idea Generation Through Collaboration, aims to look at how organizations use outside sources to bring additional value inside. The reality is that more talent exists outside your…
In this month’s APQC FM webinar, Mary Driscoll, senior research fellow, and Irene Ngan, knowledge specialist, presented highlights of the newest financial management content now in the knowledge base. Find out what new FM content has been published since the beginning of 2012 here. APQC provides…
I don’t know about your organization, but at APQC, we’re already thinking about planning and budgeting for 2013. If you’re looking to design a new knowledge management budget for next year, I recommend checking out our article Budgeting for Knowledge Management: How to Plan for and Prioritize…