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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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For supply chains that are more innovative and resilient in the face of disruption, organizations can no longer afford purely transactional approaches to supplier…
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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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Supply Chain Planning Practices: Distribution/Transportation Industry
APQC conducts ongoing research on supply chain planning designed to help organizations assess the structure and performance of their own supply chain planning function…
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Partnering with Rutgers University at APQC
In 2021, APQC partnered with Rutgers University to engage undergraduate and graduate-level supply chain management students in real-world research. Through this experience,…
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The economy has long heralded small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as the backbone of industry. In recent years, big businesses have sought SMEs as suppliers because…
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APQC interviewed several small to mid-sized service providers to better understand the pain points and challenges that come from contracting with large, global customers…
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Organizations that excel at the supplier management process have strong relationships with their most strategic suppliers that are beneficial not only when things are running…
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The COVID-19 pandemic was marked by wide-ranging supply chain shortages for medical equipment, ranging from PPE and gloves to respirators and other critical products. It also…
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To understand what effective SRM looks like and how organizations can get started, APQC’s Senior Principal Research Lead for Supply Chain Management, Marisa Brown, spoke with…
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Learn how to achieve best-practice performance levels in procurement with this article that details the impact of documenting, aligning, and communicating supplier selection…
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Implement a Formal Supplier Approval Process
Learn how to achieve best-practice performance levels in procurement with this article that details the impact of implementing a formal supplier approval process.
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Rationalize the Supply Base
Learn how to achieve best-practice performance levels in procurement with this article that details the impact of rationalizing the supply base.
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From APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement Blueprint for Success, this article details the importance of using supplier scorecards and having consequences when suppliers’…
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By fostering fruitful supplier relationships and designing strategically focused outcomes, sourcing and procurement professionals now play a central role in addressing supply…
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Supplier Risk Management in the Spotlight
As the world adjusts to the changed conditions resulting from global disruption, organizations must consider the lessons learned from the impact of the pandemic on the supply…