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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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Customer Invoicing and Credit Key Benchmarks
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in customer invoicing and credit, this collection highlights financial management customer invoicing and credit…
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This collection features Credit and Collections data and practices from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® surveys for Accounts Receivable and Customer Credit and Invoicing…
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APQC's Process Excellence Assets
This is a collection of APQC's process excellence assets, that work together to empower process professionals and their organizations.
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Talent Acquisition Technology
This collection curates findings from organizations that completed APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® Assessment in Talent Acquisition during 2023 who are using technology…
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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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Supply Chain Management Key Benchmarks
Featuring APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking data for supply chain planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics, these articles highlight important supply chain…
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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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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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Top 5 Knowledge Management Threats for 2024
Businesses face challenges amplified by changes in work culture and priorities. Recent technology adoption has given rise to new threats. Through its 2024 Knowledge…
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Sustainability in Supply Chain
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. APQC's definition for sustainability focuses on these primary components: environmental practices that protect natural…
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HR Cost per Employee
Cost is one of the first metrics that executives look at when evaluating the performance of corporate functions like HR. This article describes one HR function cost measure…
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HR Staff Productivity
HR staff productivity is an important indicator of overall HR function performance. All else being equal, a more productive HR staff can handle a greater volume of work and…
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In this article, APQC reviews five key performance indicators that assess the overall health of the HR function at a high level:HR cost per $1,000 revenue,HR cost per…
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What’s the “Right” Amount of HR Spending?
Whether in a weak or strong economy, your organization’s competitiveness and profitability depend on the continual scrutiny of expenses. How can you tell if your organization…
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How to Justify an HR Budget Increase
You’ve reviewed your organization’s top objectives, outlined an action plan for HR, and concluded that an HR spending increase is in order. With HR budget cuts commonplace,…
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