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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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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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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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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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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.
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Manufacturing Key Benchmarks
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking (OSB) in Manufacturing, this collection includes articles that provide median values for selected key performance…
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Raw Material Inventory Turns
Delivering goods and products begins with raw materials. Those materials vary widely by industry and manufacturing process, but all must be sourced and managed. A key…
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Reduce Scrap and Rework Costs
Scrap and rework is an important metric to track in manufacturing. Use this document to compare your organization's performance against over 870 other organizations worldwide…
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Picking the Right Manufacturing Measures
This article discusses how organizations can select the most appropriate manufacturing measures and how they can effectively communicate performance. It also identifies key…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Supply Chain
In 2020, APQC conducted research with 1,000 respondents to examine the use of AI across the supply chain. This content explores trends in AI and its adoption and impact on…
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Reduce Shrinkage as a Percentage of Revenue
To preserve financial health and profit margins, organizations should seek to minimize shrinkage. Excess shrinkage can drive up inventory carrying costs, which are often…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing
This collection contains a cross-industry report plus industry-specific reports on trends in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on employees in…