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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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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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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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Finance Organization Key Benchmarks
Featuring data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® for the finance organization, the articles in this collection highlight key cost, productivity, cycle time, and…
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As organizations increasingly embrace a process-focused operating model, end-to-end global process owners (GPOs) have become a key role in the management and development of…
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Every process has inherent risks that can result in unintended consequences. Understanding the source of risks, as well as the reliability of a process, allows an…
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Busy but not productive: it is the feeling that everyone dreads. At APQC's 2022 PPM and KM Conference, APQC’s Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and Cindy Hubert led a general session on…
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2022 Finance Management Priorities
In the fourth quarter of 2021, APQC conducted its annual survey of finance professionals to explore the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges APQC members and customers…
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Three-fourths of respondents to APQC’s annual Financial Management Priorities survey ranked process improvement as the top priority for their finance functions in 2022. In…
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Applying a Process Framework: Benchmarking
Benchmarking is an approach that organizations use to measure their internal processes and to identify, understand, and adapt practices used by best-in-class organizations…
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In July 2021, APQC hosted two roundtable conversations with process and performance management professionals to discuss common challenges and leading practices related to…
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Developing an enterprise-wide process model is a daunting task, particularly for large, complex organizations. This article offers four best practices to guide your efforts…
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Funding for Business Process Management
Learn how best-practice organizations allocate funds to business process management (BPM). Based on APQC research, this article explains how resources, funds, and reporting…
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Expanding How We Define Productivity
APQC’s founder, Jack Grayson, believed that true productivity encompasses both effectiveness and efficiency: “Efficiency measures if you are doing things right. Effectiveness…
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Six Core Capabilities for Resilence: Q&A
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders are increasingly focused on organizational resilience. Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate…