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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Sustainability in Supply Chain
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. APQC's definition for sustainability focuses on these primary components: environmental practices that protect natural…
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2024 Supply Chain Current State Quick Polls
APQC conducts periodic quick polls in supply chain to learn about the latest trends in emerging technologies and key practices. In May 2024, APQC gathered insights from…
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Picking the Right Supply Chain Measures
A collection of content about what supply chain organizations are looking for regarding the right measures to track their performance and indicate opportunities for…
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Blueprint for Success: Logistics
This collection is your road map to success in managing logistics efficiency and effectiveness. The content within will teach you about key performance indicators (KPIs), as…
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Understanding Supply Chain Processes
To objectively assess, manage, and compare supply chain management performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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2024 Supply Chain Management Webinars
APQC hosts supply chain management (SCM) webinars to connect with our members. Some calls feature internal experts discussing APQC's research and findings. For other calls,…
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This collection contains APQC's Key Benchmarks at a Glance reports for several functions and processes. These documents feature key performance indicators (KPIs) and…
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Procurement and Logistics Employee Key Benchmarks
Featuring data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® (OSB) in Procurement and Logistics, this collection provides employee key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for…
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2024 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges
This collection contains content created from APQC's 2024 annual research into priorities and challenges for Supply Chain Management.Click here for results from 2023's…
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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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Supply Chain Management Tune-up Diagnostics
This collection features diagnostics with key metrics in supply chain planning, manufacturing, logistics, and procurement. APQC's tune-ups feature recent Open Standards…
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Supply Chain Management Key Benchmarks
Featuring APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking data for supply chain planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics, these articles highlight important supply chain…
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Manufacturing Key Benchmarks
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking (OSB) in Manufacturing, this collection includes articles that provide median values for selected key performance…
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Next-Generation Supplier Relationship Management
Much work has been done building good supplier relationship management (SRM) programs. As more companies embrace and adopt SRM best practices, it’s time to look holistically…
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Logistics: Current State Practices Reports
APQC conducts ongoing research in the logistics area to help organizations assess and compare their logistics performance. This collection of research details the current…