Resource Library
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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General Accounting and Reporting Key Benchmarks
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® in general accounting and reporting, this collection features key performance indicators (KPIs) for general…
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Payroll Process Technology Practices Report
APQC conducts ongoing survey research on payroll performance to help organizations assess the structure, performance, and practice of their finance functions against peers…
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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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Contact Center Key Benchmarks
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s contact center processes by benchmarking common business activities (Hierarchy ID: 6.2 in APQC’s…
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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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Data science, digital, and IT specialty skills are in high demand and short supply. In this article, you will learn about the benefits and risks of filling technical skills…
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Internal Controls Key Benchmarks
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes by benchmarking common business activities. The process group “Manage Internal Controls”…
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Talent Development Practice Reports
These reports provide industry-specific perspectives into talent development practices. Topics include talent strategy, buy/borrow/build approaches, and the use of technology…
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The energy and utility industry faces an unprecedented confluence of external forces. Market, environmental, geopolitical, regulatory, technical and technological, and socio…
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KM Conversations: KM for a Smarter, More Automated World
Automation, machine learning, and AI are changing how organizations approach KM. And as the pandemic creates disruptions and financial challenges, many organizations are…
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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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Understanding HR Transformation
This brief article provides APQC's definition of HR transformation, lists common objectives for HR transformations today, and provides a case example of HR transformation at…
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Managing Complex Risk in Utilities
In early 2021, Winter Storm Uri caused one of the largest power blackouts ever in the United States. Whereas other regions are built to handle a seven-day hard freeze, this…
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