Supply Chain Management
APQC provides the Supply Chain Management (SCM) resources and expertise you need to make sure your supply chain is running at maximum efficiency. Whether you want to learn which supply chain measures to use with our Process Classification Framework® (PCF), adapt best practices, or benchmark your supply chain activities, we can help. With APQC, you can optimize current processes to reduce costs, improve cycle times, and add value.
What Makes APQC Your Essential Resource for Supply Chain Management?
BENCHMARKING TOOLS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
APQC offers a variety of tools designed specifically for SCM practitioners to optimize supply chain processes. These include benchmarks for annual planning and targeting top priority improvement areas.
APQC’S PROCESS CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK® (PCF) FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Our widely-used PCF is especially useful for organizations seeking to improve their supply chain processes. Use the PCF for a variety of activities, from implementing business process automation to establishing process baselines to within your supply chain.
AN EXTENSIVE AND EVER-EXPANDING REPOSITORY OF RESEARCH-BASED SCM RESOURCES
Our Resource Library includes hundreds of SCM best practices, case studies, KPIs, and tools and templates. Find the information you need to measure, manage, and improve your supply chain performance.
Featured SCM Resources
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See where you stand compared to your peers
Identify performance gaps and see exactly where you stand compared to your peers, using Open Standards Benchmarking and other APQC SCM resources.
APQC provides a variety of KPIs, performance measures, and other essential resources to show you how your organization can reach best-practice performance levels in logistics. With more than 1,500 standardized measures spanning people, process, and technology, our Open Standards Benchmarking gives you an accurate, validated assessment of your organization.
APQC is a resource we use to gain better insight into how we’re managing our organization and how well we’re performing against the competition
Upcoming Research Projects
Analyzing Benchmarks in Supply Chain
This project includes an in-depth dive in benchmarks in supply chain management. It includes key benchmarks in various process groups, as well as tune-up diagnostics and guidance for improving performance on selected KPIs.
Building and Maintaing Sustainable Supply Chains
APQC has been hearing about the need more insights into “sustainability” across the supply chain. This is a broad umbrella that includes environmental factors, social issues, and corporate governance (ESG) commitments and goals. There is increasing conversation about seeking lower carbon emissions, ethical sourcing, and improved human rights throughout the end-to-end supply chain. We are seeking to synthesize the latest insights from secondary research as well as conduct a survey to gather fresh data on the current state of corporate practices.
