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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 Basics
This collection contains the main items you will need to start a benchmarking initiative, including templates, tools, a glossary, APQC's Process Classification Framework,…
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Benchmarking Code of Conduct
This internationally accepted standard provides detailed guidelines for organizations in conducting their benchmarking activities. Adherence to APQC's code of conduct…
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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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How to Apply Process Frameworks
This collection provides "how to" guidance and best practices for the top applications of process frameworks, including APQC's Process Classification Framework (PCF)®.
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APQC's Interactive Tune-Up Diagnostics
This collection features diagnostic tools with hand picked key metrics in financial management, human capital management, supply chain planning, and information technology …
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In this article, we review six productivity measures for finance that small organizations can use to measure and track the health of their finance function:total cost to…
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Benchmarking R&D, product development, and innovation performance by comparing process inputs, outputs, and outcomes against leading companies—both within and outside your…
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In 2018, and again in 2024, APQC carried out survey research to better understand the common challenges and priorities associated with operational KPIs for process and…
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2024 Operational KPI Priorities & Challenges
APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities associated with operational KPIs for process and performance management (PPM) practitioners in 2024…
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A primary reason APQC’s Process Classification Framework (PCF)® is the most used process framework in the world is its adaptability. The framework’s common language for…
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APQC's Benchmarking Methodology
APQC's four-phase benchmarking methodology can guide organizations through the benchmarking process and into sustained improvement. These steps, gleaned from two decades of…
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What is Benchmarking?
Following a rigorous process is essential to any successful benchmarking program. This article explains APQC's approach to benchmarking, detailing APQC's four-phased…
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How to Use APQC's Process Audit Template
Process audits help organizations to evaluate the health of a specific process or process group. Organizations looking to evaluate the maturity of their entire process…
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Process Audits and Process Maturity Assessments: What They Are and How They Are Different
Process audits and process maturity assessments are valuable practices that can help organizations get the most out of their process work. When used effectively, process…
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APQC’s Seven Tenets of Process ManagementSM are tools that can help organizations move from the “developed” stage and overcome the issues where so many organizations go wrong…