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Investing in effective enterprise content management processes is crucial for organizations. APQC's research on successful content management programs shows how to formulate…
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Ubisoft Entertainment scaled up rapidly and had a complex, messy content management environment and a competitive organizational culture that was not conducive to knowledge…
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Access to an organization’s collective knowledge boosts employees’ productivity and ability to innovate. But enabling knowledge access is a challenge, especially in large and…
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Faced with content findability challenges throughout the business, it would have been easy for Shopify to look for a shiny new tool to fix all its KM problems. Instead, the…
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People and culture factors can make or break a knowledge management (KM) program. With engaged employees and a supportive culture, KM thrives. Without these factors, KM…
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Too often, leaders and other stakeholders struggle to see the value of KM initiatives or feel that KM programs do not deliver as much business impact as they should. For…
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The business adage “innovate or die” may sound hyperbolic, but it also happens to be true. Organizations today face a range of challenges, whether from a global pandemic,…
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Tools and Templates for Lessons Learned
APQC has studied approaches for capturing and transferring lessons learned for many years. Some approaches rely on facilitated workshops that bring together participants in a…
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KM Program Structure & Staffing Examples: Excellence in Knowledge Management Recipients
To date, APQC has recognized more than 20 mature KM programs as part of its Excellence in Knowledge Management initiative. The recognition is based on analysis from APQC’s KM…
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Organizations are seeking new and better ways to drive innovation, and many are looking to knowledge management (KM) for support. This article outlines ways to connect KM and…
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On an APQC webinar, APQC Senior Advisor Darcy Lemons facilitated a panel on communities featuring leaders from KM programs recognized by APQC’s Excellence in Knowledge…
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Portable metrology provider Advanced Industrial Machine Solutions needed a more robust approach to document management. Thus, the company leveraged APQC’s Process…
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Swagelok founded a knowledge management (KM) program to increase knowledge sharing among its sales and service centers, but the initial effort did not have the right strategy…
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Case Study|
Excellence in Knowledge Management at Arup
Ove Arup & Partners (Arup) is a multinational professional services firm that provides engineering, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for all…
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As customers’ expectations for service quality and responsiveness increase, some organizations are opening select KM content and systems to customers. This can present risk…