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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Spend Analysis Automation: Current State
Effective spend analysis relies on accurate data from numerous sources. Automation for spend analysis and data cleansing can not only yield more accurate results but also…
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Articles|
What Supports Accurate Spend Analysis
Supply chain organizations are always looking for greater visibility into spending. Spend analysis enables procurement professionals to identify the value of spending with…
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Articles|
The Human Side of the SRM Equation
Supplier relationship management (SRM) is particularly crucial in today’s world of supply chain upheaval. Development of SRM tools using AI and other advanced technologies is…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare procurement performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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Staff productivity is an important factor in determining the performance of sourcing and procurement. A key productivity performance indicator for the procurement function is…
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Efficiency measures are an important component of a balanced set of measures for procurement. This article presents data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® for…
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Interactive Procurement Tune-Up Diagnostic
Compare your essential procurement metrics against your peers in this interactive spreadsheet. Click here to access an article version of the diagnostic summarizing key…
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Historically, many organizations viewed procurement simply as a spend center. Today, leading organizations view sourcing and procurement as a strategic opportunity for…
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APQC’s research—conducted in partnership with supplier relationship management (SRM) experts Kate Vitasek, Bonnie Keith, and Emmanuel Cambresy—shows that although there are…
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Reinventing Supplier Relationship Management
APQC’s research—conducted in partnership with supplier relationship management (SRM) experts Kate Vitasek, Bonnie Keith, and Emmanuel Cambresy—shows that although there are…
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Taking Supplier Relationship Management to the Next Level
Supplier relationship management (SRM) is a method commonly used by organizations to ensure supplier adhere to contract terms and procurement activities. View this…
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Research has shown that many, if not most, of the world's most-used sourcing strategies are incomplete for modern procurement challenges. In this article, Kate Vitasek and…
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Sourcing Considerations Checklist: Preferred Provider Model
Next-generation supplier relationship management embraces a continuum of sourcing business models. For the Preferred Provider sourcing business model, here is an easy-to-use…
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Sourcing Considerations Checklist: Performance-Based/Managed Services Model
Next-generation supplier relationship management embraces a continuum of sourcing business models. For the Performance-based/Managed Services sourcing business model, here is…
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Sourcing Considerations Checklist: Vested Model
Next-generation supplier relationship management embraces a continuum of sourcing business models. For the Vested sourcing business model, here is an easy-to-use checklist to…