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When customers place an order, they expect perfection. Having grown accustomed to ever-faster order deliveries, customers have high expectations that every order will be…
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Value of Benchmarking in Supply Chain
Benchmarking is the process of comparing and measuring a chosen set of variables internally or externally against others. APQC global research has found that organizations…
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Reduce Scrap and Rework Costs
Scrap and rework is an important metric to track in manufacturing. Use this document to compare your organization's performance against over 870 other organizations worldwide…
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In late 2022, APQC carried out a quick poll of 278 manufacturing organizations about the use of advanced analytics in supply chain. ‘Advanced analytics’ refers to technology…
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Big Data and Advanced Analytics: 2022 Current State
This infographic highlights data APQC collected in late 2022 from global supply chain professionals about the current state of Big Data & Advanced Analytics in supply chains…
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Measures help supply chain leaders identify opportunities for improvement, track important trends, monitor key business drivers, and more. With so many potential measures to…
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Whether supply chain leaders are trying to figure out the optimal supplier network, where to locate inventory, or how customer demand patterns will be affected by a new…
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How to Pick the Right Supply Chain Measures
In a field driven by precision and efficiency, supply chain organizations are looking for the right measures to track their performance and indicate opportunities for…
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Supply chain risk management (SCRM) software is an important piece of solving the supplier risk puzzle, but there are many considerations to weigh in choosing the best-fit…
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When leaders think about what they need most to improve their supply chain processes, soft skills like collaboration and communication may not come to mind immediately. But…
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At the end of 2021, APQC conducted its annual Supply Chain Challenges and Priorities survey. Each year APQC surveys a group of globally diverse, cross-industry supply chain…
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Getting Started with Sustainability
This article was developed from ideas shared on the APQC Talks Sustainability webinar. For additional resources, see APQC’s Sustainability collection.
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APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that the most pressing challenges in supply chain planning often concern data: data quality, data collection and…
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Supply chains need to be able to nimbly respond to market shifts and supply issues. But many organizations neglect to see how flexibility is also needed to ensure supply…
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As supply chain planning becomes increasingly complex, supply chain professionals have an ever-widening field of concerns to be responsible for. At the same time,…