Resource Library
APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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Tools & Templates|
Idea Management and Innovation Approaches for Supply Chain
Almost every organization recognizes that it needs to transfer and reuse institutional knowledge, but many do not know where to start or how to select the best approach for a…
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Tools & Templates|
Collaboration Approaches for Supply Chain
Many supply chain leaders want to facilitate collaboration, but do not know where to start or how to select the best tool/approach for a given scenario. This guide is…
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APQC research consistently shows that a collaborative organizational culture leads to increased productivity, improved cycle times for business processes, and innovation. The…
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Articles|
Retaining Knowledge in the Supply Chain
With a wave of retirements causing a “silver tsunami” and organizations changing rapidly, supply chain leaders are worried about losing critical knowledge. Critical knowledge…
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Collaboration is a cornerstone of supply chain success. Planning and managing supply chains involves stakeholders from multiple functions and geographic areas across and…
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The best-practice organizations in APQC’s Next-Generation Communities of Practice research use their communities to facilitate collaboration across geographic locations, thus…
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Collections|
Improving Collaboration Across the Supply Chain
The complex nature of supply chain management requires collaboration across locations and functions, as well as with external partners. There is a need to connect people to…
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In this article, you will learn about the current state of virtual collaboration, what it means for supply chain management, and five keys to leading more successful and…
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Social media has become a centerpiece of daily life, and employees increasingly expect to be able to use fast-paced and interactive social tools at work. Many organizations…
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The complex nature of supply chain management requires collaboration and knowledge sharing across locations and functions, as well as with external partners. The chaos of the…
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Infographics|
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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Articles|
Breaking Down Silos for Better Collaboration
Collaboration helps groups across an enterprise drive more sustainable process improvements, communicate more effectively with each other, and develop a more comprehensive…
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Webinars & Videos|
Bridging Divisions: Collaborating Across Silos
In this webinar recording, Elisabeth Swan, President of Swan Consulting and Associates Inc., share insights and inroads into what we can do as individuals to bridge the…
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Presentation Slides|
Bridging Divisions: Collaborating Across Silos
In these presentation slides, Elisabeth Swan, President of Swan Consulting and Associates Inc., share insights and inroads into what we can do as individuals to bridge the…