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Speed is critical when identifying the impacts of a disruption on your supply chain. Ideally, organizations facing disruption need to activate contingency plans and move…
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Leading a Path Through Uncertainty
In the past few years, the disruptions of the global pandemic combined with recent leaps in technology have presented intense challenges but also competitive opportunities…
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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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Total Cost to Order Materials and Services
This article reflects 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…
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APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in logistics indicates that organizations are still trying to find the right balance between carrying enough inventory and minimizing…
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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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Examine a benchmark in logistics to ensure that your practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC highlights recent Open Standards Benchmarking® data that…
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Reduce Scrap and Rework Costs
Scrap and rework is an important metric to track in manufacturing. Use this document to compare your organization's performance against over 1,000 other organizations…
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Number of Employees that Operate Warehousing
Examine a Key Performance Indicator in logistics to ensure that your practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC highlights recent Open Standards…
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Few terms are more popular and confusing than "Sustainability." Everyone is using it, but what does it mean? In this article, APQC provides a holistic definition plus…
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Inventory Optimization: Show Me the Money
How can your organization optimize inventory to avoid excessive carrying costs and still satisfy demand? This article looks at the key components of inventory optimization as…
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Raw Material Inventory Turns
Delivering goods and products begins with raw materials. Those materials vary widely by industry and manufacturing process, but all must be sourced and managed. A key…
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In today’s rapidly evolving business world, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors have emerged as essential pillars of effective supply chain management…
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This session focused on key takeaways and lessons learned from the Synergy Program at Aristocrat Technologies. The program was introduced to build a bottom-up effort to drive…