The APQC Blog
All Posts
Recognizing the Impact of the New Revenue Recognition Rules
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have issued their long-awaited converged standards on revenue recognition. The rules govern how and when revenue can be recognized in different industries. In essence, the new rule will do away…
Putting Performance Management into the Flow of Work
If you’re like me, or any of the other folks responsible for running some part of a growing concern, you probably spend a lot of time in performance dashboards like this one. Traditional Performance Dashboard I hate files like this. I hate them because they feel so… disconnected. I…
Overcoming Three Common Process Management Misconceptions
If you’re reading this blog, it’s probably because you’re a process person. You understand that almost every business need can be addressed through better management of how people do their work. But for everyone that gets it, there’s often several that don’t. And I believe they don’t get it…
Why Companies are Failing at Digital Transformation
One of the top competitive issues facing companies today is the need to become an agile, digital business. Yet, most companies are failing to make the transformation. An important new study, just released by the Business Performance Innovation Network, highlights major roadblocks standing…
Where Does APQC Get It?
Hey folks, Tesmer here. We’ve been super busy this year working on great things for you in the Process Classification Framework®(PCF) world, including updates to all of the industry specific frameworks, a brand new cross-industry framework, and MosaiQTM PCF v7.0.0 was a huge undertaking and…
Process Management, Knowledge Management, and Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups
At APQC we often discuss the benefits of process management (PM) and knowledge management (KM). From our perspective, the two disciplines are intricately intertwined. After all, processes require the knowledge and experience of an organization’s employees to be successful and knowledge management…
Giving Services their Proper Place in the PCF
Why sell a light bulb when you can sell a lighting system? The design, installation, operation and maintenance of more capable lighting systems that leverage advanced automation and control provides a service to customers beyond just the purpose of a bulb itself. When we look at traditionally…
How FMC Created an Innovative Environment
Tamara Viles and Kim Glover of FMC Technologies Inc. give a preview of their 2015 APQC Process Conference break out session on supporting innovation and collaboration for process improvement.
Long Awaited PCF Updates Have Arrived
It’s time to update the Process Classification Framework® (PCF)! As the steward of the world’s most frequently downloaded process framework – with over 100,000 downloads a year – APQC is accountable to you, the process framework consuming public to keep the PCF up to date. This year’s changes are…
Engaging the Organization in Advanced Quality Planning
I recently able to speak with Juan Loera, quality manager at MasterTag, about the basic tools used to support advanced quality planning (AQP) and how to engage the organization so quality efforts meet customer needs. Juan will be speaking on our free webinar on October 22 at 11:00 a.m.…