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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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Understanding Manufacturing Processes
To objectively assess, manage, and compare manufacturing practices and results, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes.APQC’s Process…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare supply chain planning practices and results, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes.APQC’s…
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To withstand today’s supply chain challenges and flourish in the face of future disruptions, supply chain organizations and their teams need to make fundamental changes to…
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To objectively assess, manage, and compare procurement performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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APQC’s research—conducted in partnership with supplier relationship management (SRM) experts Kate Vitasek, Bonnie Keith, and Emmanuel Cambresy—shows that although there are…
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Research has shown that many, if not most, of the world's most-used sourcing strategies are incomplete for modern procurement challenges. In this article, Kate Vitasek and…
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This article weaves together insights from research conducted by APQC, APQC research advisor Kate Vitasek, author Daniel Coyle, and IBM to provide actionable advice on ways…
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Few terms are more popular and confusing than "Sustainability." Everyone is using it, but what does it mean? In this article, APQC provides a holistic definition plus…
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Understanding Logistics Processes
To objectively assess, manage, and compare logistics performance, organizations need a standard framework for classifying and defining processes. APQC’s Process…
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Many large and global organizations are setting ambitious goals related to sustainability. Along with public commitments to human rights and more ethical forms of procurement…
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Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Quick Poll Summary Report
APQC conducts periodic quick polls in supply chain to collect information about the use and planned adoption of emerging technologies and key practices. In October 2022,…
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Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Supply Chain Quick Poll Summary Report
APQC conducts periodic quick polls in supply chain to collect information from supply chain professionals about the use and planned adoption of emerging technologies and key…
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Sales & Operations Planning in Supply Chain Quick Poll Summary Report
APQC conducts periodic quick polls in supply chain to collect information from supply chain professionals about the use and planned adoption of emerging technologies and key…
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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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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a form of process automation that can handle repetitive, transactional, rules-based tasks that require little or no human oversight. By…