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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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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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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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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 a field driven by precision and efficiency, supply chain organizations are looking for the right measures to track their performance and indicate opportunities for…
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The are numerous benefits of improved forecast accuracy in supply chain, including better results on customer service key performance indicators (KPIs) such as faster cycle…
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As part of the tenth annual Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges research, APQC surveyed supply chain professionals to identify where their organizations are investing…
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Supply Chain Management Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the four essential supply chain metrics included in this diagnostic to ensure that your practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC's Supply Chain…
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Manufacturing Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine four essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC's Manufacturing Tune-Up Diagnostic highlights recent Open…
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Total Cost of Manufacturing
Metric data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in manufacturing reveals how organizations perform regarding the total cost of manufacturing per $1,000 in revenue.
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Data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in manufacturing indicates how organizations perform regarding unplanned machine downtime.
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In its 2024 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With…
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With each new year comes a new (and/or continuing) set of supply chain successes and challenges. In early 2024, geopolitical developments and technological advances continue…
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Supply Chain Planning Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the four essential metrics included in this diagnostic to ensure that your supply chain planning practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC's…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare supply chain planning practices and results, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes.APQC’s…
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Total Cost of Supply Chain Planning
Supply chain planning begins with a solid understanding of organizational and business strategy and then translating that strategy into the full spectrum of supply chain…