2026 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges: Industrial Products and Manufacturing Industries

Published On:

February 03, 2026

Authored By:

APQC

Members-Only Content:

In November of 2025, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners for 2026.

This report explores trends for the Industrial Products and Manufacturing Industries in process and performance work and reveals the top five priorities and challenges in:

process management:
- business process management, and
- continuous improvement.
organizational performance management:
- measurement and data, and
- strategic planning.
Additional topics:
- project management,
- benchmarking,
- operational KPI setting,
- and digital solutions.

Type:

Data and Measures

Topics:

Strategic Planning, Process and Performance Management, Benchmarking, Measurement, Continuous Improvement

Tags:

Digital transformation, Key performance indicators (KPIs)

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