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This article outlines the roles of team members and other individuals involved in a typical benchmarking project. It defines the responsibilities associated with each role…
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Conducting research directly with individuals and organizations can be challenging. Interviews can get off track, surveys can yield inaccurate responses, and site visits can…
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This best practice has been updated from the original published in 2011. Strategic alignment is the first of APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management℠. Learn how to…
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The best process people are passionate—in fact, some might even call them obsessive. When they see a bad or broken process, they dig in to learn all they can, zoom out to…
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Developing an Enterprise Perspective with HR Process Analysis and Design Specialist Sajjad Shaikh
Process work is all about the big picture. Process people know that even the smallest change in one area can have huge impact downstream, and that organizations pursuing…
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This article shares insights from Smarter Solutions CEO, Forrest Breyfogle, about how organizations can develop an integrated enterprise excellence business management system…
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FP&A in 2020: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
In an APQC webinar, FP&A thought leader Brian Kalish (founder of Kalish Consulting) discussed four trends for finance and FP&A in particular for the next year based on…
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FP&A: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
In this APQC webinar, guest speaker Brian Kalish (author and FP&A thought leader) discusses key challenges and opportunities in financial planning and analysis derived from a…
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Leading Practices for Reporting, Performance Measurement, and Improvement
In this APQC webinar, Rachele Collins (principal research lead, APQC) and Forrest Breyfogle (CEO, Smarter Solutions Inc.) discuss highlights from APQC’s latest research on…
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Several years ago, Boone County Schools applied process and performance management principles to its operations department to generate over a million dollars in savings. Now,…
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When Dr. Todd Cramer started as its superintendent, the Maumee City School district had many areas that needed improvement. During APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…
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Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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As a highly effective approach to quality assurance, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) focuses on continuous improvement tools and techniques to eliminate waste, increase productivity,…
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Organizational silos negatively impact customers, employees, and the organization’s ability to innovate and be agile. How can organizations bust through these silos? At APQC…