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Better Budgeting is My Top Finance Priority for 2017—What’s Yours?
Like everyone else who is currently older than about 25, I was forced to learn how to write in cursive during elementary school. And also just like the rest of my peers, my application of cursive is now pretty much limited to my signature. Do you know what would have been a much better use of the…
Performance Reviews: How to Tell If It's Time to Break with Tradition
In my last blog, I wrote about the pros and cons of the annual performance evaluation and asked for your personal opinion on whether performance evaluations should stay or go. If you haven’t had a chance to vote in our poll, click on the image below to tell us what you think. But, what if…
Analytics: Why Are Organizations Lukewarm on Such a Hot Topic?
APQC and other thought leaders have long touted the potential benefits of using analytics to become more data driven. And, for the most part, organizations seem to agree. In fact, more than three-quarters of respondents to a recent APQC poll report that their organization has invested in an…
Getting People to Actually Like Virtual Collaboration
What are the biggest disconnects between how people currently work and how they want to work, and what can organizations do to improve the future of work for everyone? This fall, APQC surveyed more than 1,000 people about their current work experiences and what changes would make them happier and…
Holy Mackerel: Supply Chain Priorities In 2017
Dec 1, 2016 was my first day at APQC. Folks all day asked if I was drinking from a firehose yet. Indubitably I was. Actually, I moaned, it was more like having a large bucket of ice water poured over me. You know what’s coming, but not exactly sure when. Hey, my eyes were closed! Setting…
Performance Reviews: The Great Debate--Should They Stay or Go?
The end of the year can mean many things for employees and their managers: a few days off for the holidays, a little down time to clean out files and inboxes, or a great time to start planning ahead for the New Year. At many companies, it is also the time when managers call employees into their…
2 Common Supply Chain Management Mistakes to Avoid
There are lots of do’s and don’ts in the supply chain world and as a brand new member of the supply chain management team here at APQC, I thought that I would give a few examples of what NOT to do. Don’t be a dunce by doing it by yourself. Chances are someone has run into a similar problem to…
How Can Big Companies Keep Millennials From Leaving?
The days of staying at a company until retirement is now a foreign concept to many people—most of all, millennials. We know that millennials are more likely than any previous generation to switch jobs and that six in 10 millennials are open to new job opportunities. This is a great cause of…
How Is Paper Still a Thing?
It’s almost 2017. The accounts payable (AP) manager has an abundance of technology innovations from which to choose to make the process run faster, better, and cheaper. For example, there are workflow automation solutions that help to reduce duplicate payments, late payments, strengthen internal…
Heads up! Supply Chain Disruptors Coming Your Way
There is a lot of disruption headed your way! Big data. Robotics. Analytics. Drones. 3D Printing. Collaboration with a purpose. IoT. And the list grows daily. This we know - the supply chain will change. But how is a harder question to answer. However, two groups are working to…