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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Electronics Industry
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Data and Measures|
Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Automotive Industry
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Industrial Products Industry
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Regional Comparison
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Revenue Comparison
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Data and Measures|
Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Pharmaceutical Industry
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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Sourcing and Supplier Flexibility and Transparency: Cross-Industry Report
APQC collaborated with BCG to conduct research with 185 companies to evaluate the current state of a full range of operational and supply chain resilience capabilities needed…
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As organizations increasingly embrace a process-focused operating model, end-to-end global process owners (GPOs) have become a key role in the management and development of…
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Procurement is Changing for the Better
In its recent procurement research, APQC found that organizations have seen their procurement processes and systems undergo moderate or significant transformation amid…
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Two Keys for Successful Supply Chain Collaboration
Supply chain organizations consider collaboration to be a key avenue for mutual benefit with external business partners. However, a successful internal collaboration effort…
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In an effort to improve effectiveness, many supply chain organizations are looking toward teamwork and collaboration, both internally and with external partners. They see the…
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Total Cost to Order Materials and Services
APQC's perspective on data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement related to the total cost to perform the process “order materials and services” per $1,000…
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This article includes data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in Procurement that shows the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) in the procurement group and…
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This article includes metric data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in procurement showcasing how organizations perform regarding supplier lead times for purchased…
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Cost measures are the most traditional measures used in evaluating process performance. Procurement cost plays a significant role when developing sourcing strategies,…
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