APQC Research Bundles
APQC's research bundles are curated collections of original research that help simplify core business topics. These insightful introductions provide the relevant and concise guidance you need to get started tackling your most challenging business problems. If you are not an APQC member with access to this research and would like to purchase one of our bundles, please choose from our options below. APQC members have access to these resources depending on their membership type. If you are an APQC member, log in and visit the Resource Library using the titles below for your search.
Process Improvement
The process improvement research bundle provides organizations with insights on how to identify improvement opportunities, prioritize and select process improvement opportunities, and sustain the improvements.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Auditing a Process to Determine Improvement Opportunities
- Five ways to Sustain Your Process Improvements
- Getting Buy-In and Support for Process Management
- How Leading Companies Systematize Process Improvement
- Process Improvement: People and Culture
- Process Improvement Approach and Seven Tenets Practices
Artificial Intelligence
The artificial intelligence (AI) research bundle contains original research as well as resources and recommendations for how organizations can use AI to make better decisions, improve customer experiences, and drive organizational value.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Understanding the Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Management Connection
- Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Management: Artificial Intelligence
- AI for Knowledge Management: Unlocking the Future with a Human Centric Focus
- Knowledge Management’s Role in Artificial Intelligence
- How KM Powers an Enterprise AI Solution at Novartis
Planning and Management Accounting
The planning and management accounting research bundle contains original research, expertise, and best practices for financial organization plans, budgets, and forecasting.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Total Cost of Budgeting and Forecasting – Strong business partnership with finance ensures costs are well-spent.
- Process and Data Maturity Cross Industry Report
- Agile Methodology Cross Industry Report
- Sustainability Cross Industry Report
- Automation and Software Cross Industry Report
Cost to Acquire Talent
The cost to acquire talent research bundle contains original research as well as resources and recommendations for optimizing your organization’s total cost to acquire talent.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Total Cost to Acquire Talent – Key Performance Indicator for the Talent Acquisition Process
- Talent Acquisition Best Practices
- Attracting Talent: Current Trends and Solutions
- Leading Practices to Maximize Outsourced Recruiting Efforts
- Talent Acquisition Technology Survey Report
Human Resources (HR) Cost per Employee
The human resources cost per employee research bundle contains original research as well as resources and recommendations for optimizing the cost of your HR function.
This bundle contains the following content:
- HR Cost Per Employee – Key Performance Indicators for the HR Function
- HR Transformation Current State Assessment Approaches
- Developing an HR Talent Pipeline
- How to Develop an HR Business Case
- HR Technology Adoption: Cross-Industry Snapshot
Knowledge Management Capabilities
The knowledge management capabilities research bundle contains a diagnostic self-assessment, and resources and recommendations for enhancing your organization’s internal knowledge management processes and approaches.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Is Your Organization Ready to Share Knowledge? An APQC Diagnostic
- Key Inputs for Knowledge Management Strategic Planning – What you need to get started
- Using Experts to Transfer Knowledge
- Change Management and Its Role in Knowledge Management
- Three Keys to Build Effective Knowledge Management Partnerships – Lessons from Excellence in Knowledge Management Recipients
Procurement
The procurement research bundle features original research, expertise, and best practices for sourcing and procurement processes and activities to assess, manage, and benchmark your organization.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Understanding Sourcing and Procurement Processes – how procurement fits into the APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF)©
- Procurement Strategy and Structure: Cross-Industry Current State Practices
- Procurement Technology and Automation: Cross-Industry Current State Practices
- Procurement Supplier Risk Management: Cross-Industry Current State Practices
- Procurement Purchasing Profile: Cross-Industry Current State Practices
- What Are Procurement Best Practices?
Reducing Voluntary Turnover
The reducing voluntary turnover research bundle contains original research as well as resources and recommendations for reducing voluntary turnover at your organization.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Reducing Voluntary Turnover – HR and managers have a role to play
- Tips for Preventing Turnover
- Tips for Productive Check-In Meetings
- Stay Interview Guide
- How to Conduct a Stay Interview
Training and Development Cycle Time
The training and development cycle time research bundle contains a diagnostic self-assessment as well as resources and recommendations for reducing your organization’s training and development cycle time.
This bundle contains the following content:
- Training and Development Cycle Time – Key Performance Indicators
- Current State of Learning and Development
- Training and Development Best Practices
- How to Perform a Training Needs Analysis
- Skills Gap Survey Results Snapshot Cross-Industry Report