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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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Benchmarking Sourcing and Procurement
Is your sourcing and procurement function efficient? Is it effective? How do your current practices compare to others? Members often come to APQC for benchmarks and…
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As customer demands increasingly shrink order cycle times, the warehouse has emerged as a critical success factor in supply chain excellence. But how can you ensure that your…
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2020 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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By fostering fruitful supplier relationships and designing strategically focused outcomes, sourcing and procurement professionals now play a central role in addressing supply…
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Inventory accuracy impacts numerous areas of an organization, from customer orders and customer satisfaction to planning, budgeting, and the entire supply chain. This article…
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Understanding Procurement Benchmarks and Best Practices
In this September 2020 webinar, learn from APQC's Senior Principal Research Lead, Marisa Brown, about insights in sourcing and procurement from recent APQC research. …
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Cash-To-Cash Cycle Time in Days
Cash-to-cash cycle time, also known as the cash conversion cycle (CCC), measures the amount of time it takes for a company to convert resources like inventory or investments…
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How much do warranty issues end up costing your company? For some, it can amount to tens of millions of dollars—money that could be much better spent on researching and…
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Even in the most ideal market scenarios, organizations need to be able to react quickly to change and want their supply chains to be responsive and nimble. This now…
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APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that mature supply chains that support omnichannel commerce strategies enable greater flexibility and faster customer order…
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It’s mutually beneficial for the supply chain and suppliers to work together to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Whereas coordination with suppliers is widely…
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APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that the most pressing challenges in supply chain planning often concern data: data quality, data collection and…
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Are you able to fulfill your customers’ orders with what they want when they want it? What will the impact to your company be if you cannot? Unfulfilled sales order line…
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APQC’s Blueprint for Success: Supply Chain Planning details the framework and best practices that help optimize processes, governance, infrastructure, and organizational…
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Supply Chain Management Costs
Data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking in supply chain planning shows how organizations perform regarding supply chain management costs. There is a significant gap…
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