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Supply Chain Management Tune-Up Diagnostic
Examine the four essential supply chain metrics included in this diagnostic to ensure that your practices will keep you running ahead of the competition. APQC's Supply Chain…
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2024 Supply Chain Priorities, Challenges, and Trends
These presentation slides correspond to a February 2024 webinar where Marisa Brown, APQC's Senior Principal Research Lead for Supply Chain Management, presented insights and…
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In its 2024 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With…
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With each new year comes a new (and/or continuing) set of supply chain successes and challenges. In early 2024, geopolitical developments and technological advances continue…
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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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APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in logistics indicates that organizations are still trying to find the right balance between carrying enough inventory and minimizing…
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Raw Material Inventory Turns
Delivering goods and products begins with raw materials. Those materials vary widely by industry and manufacturing process, but all must be sourced and managed. A key…
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2023 Supply Chain Priorities, Challenges, and Trends
These presentation slides correspond to a March 2023 webinar where Marisa Brown, APQC senior principal research lead for Supply Chain Management, presented insights and…
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In its 2023 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With input from 347…
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Focus on People in Supply Chain in 2023
In late 2022, APQC conducted its annual supply chain management priorities and trends research. Each year, this survey asks supply chain professionals representing a diverse…
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2022 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges
In these presentation slides, Marisa Brown, senior principal research lead for Supply Chain Management, presents insights and results from APQC’s eighth annual supply chain…
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In its 2022 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With…
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Restoring Healthcare Supply Chains Before a COVID-19 Second Wave
Healthcare organizations shouldn't restore supply chains to pre-pandemic levels; rather, they should focus on greater cost effective and efficient operations. In this session…
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Healthcare organizations shouldn't restore supply chains to pre-pandemic levels; rather, they should focus on greater cost effective and efficient operations. In this session…
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This year is quickly turning out to be an unprecedented one for supply chain management. In late 2019 and early 2020, APQC conducted a survey of 234 supply chain…