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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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Today’s professionals know that continuous learning is key to career success, but traditional talent development rarely meets the pace or direction at which employees want to…
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Defining AI and Process Automation
According to APQC research, AI and process automation are the top two competencies for process professionals to develop in the next eighteen months. In February 2024, Madison…
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According to APQC research, AI and process automation are the top two competencies for process professionals to develop in the next eighteen months. In February 2024, Madison…
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Preparing for AI and Process Automation
According to APQC research, AI and process automation are the top two competencies for process professionals to develop in the next eighteen months. But before implementing a…
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Idea Management and Innovation Approaches for Supply Chain
Almost every organization recognizes that it needs to transfer and reuse institutional knowledge, but many do not know where to start or how to select the best approach for a…
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Collaboration Approaches for Supply Chain
Many supply chain leaders want to facilitate collaboration, but do not know where to start or how to select the best tool/approach for a given scenario. This guide is…
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APQC research consistently shows that a collaborative organizational culture leads to increased productivity, improved cycle times for business processes, and innovation. The…
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Benchmarking R&D, product development, and innovation performance by comparing process inputs, outputs, and outcomes against leading companies—both within and outside your…
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Retaining Knowledge in the Supply Chain
With a wave of retirements causing a “silver tsunami” and organizations changing rapidly, supply chain leaders are worried about losing critical knowledge. Critical knowledge…
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How to Document Supply Chain Knowledge
Across the supply chain, employees have knowledge in their heads that could—and should—be shared more broadly. Supply chain leaders must provide ways for employees to quickly…
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Collaboration is a cornerstone of supply chain success. Planning and managing supply chains involves stakeholders from multiple functions and geographic areas across and…
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The best-practice organizations in APQC’s Next-Generation Communities of Practice research use their communities to facilitate collaboration across geographic locations, thus…
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Getting Customer Payments More Quickly
Through its annual Financial Management Priorities survey, APQC found that late payments from customers are one of the most common cash flow management challenges facing…
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Interactive Talent Acquisition Tune-up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Talent Optimization survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your recruiting process…
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Finance in Focus: Priorities for 2024
APQC conducted its annual Financial Management Priorities and Challenges survey in late 2023 to better understand the focus areas, initiatives, and challenges that will shape…
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