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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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Tools & Templates|
APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management Supporting Content and Best Practices
This resource guides you towards the best approach to improving your business process management with detailed definitions and process steps for each of APQC's Seven Tenets…
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Tools & Templates|
APQC's Measurement Alignment Worksheet
For measurement to provide real value, an organization must ensure that its measures align with both the strategic goals of the business and employees’ daily work. APQC's…
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Articles|
Knowledge Management and Process Management: A Winning Combination for Continuous Improvement
By effectively harmonizing process and performance management (PPM) with a strong knowledge management (KM) program, organizations can realize unexpected synergy and…
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APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management
To build strong processes across the enterprise, organizations must establish a firm foundation based on seven critical tenets. Using real life examples from APQC research,…
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Process analysis involves gathering a set of requirements and needs to guide process design, improvement, and measurement. Organizations can use process analysis to either: …
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Industrial Products Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Cross-Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Aerospace Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Automotive Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Electronics Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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Data and Measures|
Key Benchmarks for Common Quality Measures: Pharmaceutical Industry
Although an undeniably useful measure, the total cost of quality only focuses on one aspect of quality, costs: preventive, appraisal, internal failure, and external failures…
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To remain competitive, organizations must continuously benchmark and improve their processes. However, many struggle to get started with, prioritize, and execute process…
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Articles|
Measures of Organizational Agility
Organizational agility is comprised of two key components: strategic responsiveness and organizational flexibility. This article identifies the key factors within each…