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Partnering with Rutgers University at APQC
In 2021, APQC partnered with Rutgers University to engage undergraduate and graduate-level supply chain management students in real-world research. Through this experience,…
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Teach for America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with 50 urban and rural communities across the United States to expand educational opportunity…
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The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by wide-ranging supply chain shortages for medical equipment, ranging from PPE and gloves to respirators and other critical products. It also…
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From APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement Blueprint for Success, this article details the benefits of applying a fully standardized commodity coding system. These findings are…
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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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Next 90 Days Educators ‘Panel Discussion
There are still many uncertainties around COVID-19, ranging from its economic impact to how organizations build resiliency and plan for the future. As part of the Educators…
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Developing a process thinking culture in an organization is never easy, but it can be especially challenging in educational institutions. Schools and universities face…
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In partnership with Ernie Humphrey (CEO, Treasury Webinars), APQC launched its Delivering Treasury Success in the “Next Normal” study to understand what success looks like…
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In June of 2020, APQC interviewed Paige Fenton Hughes (Superintendent, Converse County School District 1) about how the district worked to make this pivot. In this article…
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Building Supply Chain Agility at AGCO
A global agricultural equipment manufacturer, AGCO has operations across regions hard-hit by COVID-19. Yet its supply chain has been resilient. Greg Toornman—global vice…
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Transforming Credit-to-Cash at Cargill
Cargill Inc. is the largest privately-held company in the United States by revenue ($114.7 billion in 2018) and has approximately 166,000 employees working in 70 countries…
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AGCO, a public company with over $9 billion in revenues, manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and replacement parts throughout the world. AGCO needed to…
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Knowledge management (KM) has a natural affinity with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. However, STEM workers themselves may not know what KM is,…
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As part of APQC's research into skills needed for future success in procurement, APQC interviewed the director of procurement services at a large Canadian university. As an…
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This executive summary outlines five best practices to embed knowledge and KM activities in the natural flow of employees' work. The recommendations focus on targeting the…