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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Data and Measures|
Summary of Open Standards Benchmarking Measures: Manufacturing
The APQC Open Standards Benchmarking® measure list concisely displays all of the measures currently available for a specific survey. These measures are organized by research…
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Tools & Templates|
Now in the Resource Library: Supply Chain Management
This report offers an overview of APQC's Resource Library content in supply chain management published in late 2023 and 2024.You can also find direct links to various…
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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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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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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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Articles|
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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The performance measure Actual Production Rate as a Percentage of the Maximum Capable Production Rate evaluates how well an organization is using its installed manufacturing…
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As manufacturing organizations navigate disruptions resulting from the global pandemic such as labor shortages and social distancing requirements, production is ramping back…
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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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Understanding Manufacturing Processes
To objectively assess, manage, and compare manufacturing practices and results, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes.APQC’s Process…
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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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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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Tools & Templates|
Interactive Manufacturing Tune-Up Diagnostic
Compare your essential manufacturing metrics against your peers in this interactive spreadsheet. This tool includes the latest data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in…
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Articles|
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.