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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 5000 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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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. …
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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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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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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…
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Retaining Knowledge in the Supply Chain
With a wave of retirements causing a “silver tsunami” and organizations changing rapidly, supply chain leaders are worried about losing critical knowledge. Critical knowledge…
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Identifying Critical Supply Chain Knowledge
Critical knowledge loss in the supply chain is dangerous and unfortunately, all too common. When employees change roles or leave the organization, mergers/acquisitions and…
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Social media has become a centerpiece of daily life, and employees increasingly expect to be able to use fast-paced and interactive social tools at work. Many organizations…
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In this article, you will learn about the current state of virtual collaboration, what it means for supply chain management, and five keys to leading more successful and…
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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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APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that mature supply chains that support omnichannel commerce strategies enable greater flexibility and faster customer order…
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It’s mutually beneficial for the supply chain and suppliers to work together to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Whereas coordination with suppliers is widely…
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APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that the most pressing challenges in supply chain planning often concern data: data quality, data collection and…
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Even in the most ideal market scenarios, organizations need to be able to react quickly to change and want their supply chains to be responsive and nimble. This now…
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Supply chain functions that more frequently perform supply chain execution planning experience better business outcomes. According to APQC's Supply Chain Planning:…
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APQC has found that organizations that view key information such as supply and demand data in real time perform better on key performance indicators: lower supply chain…
Measure Spotlight Results
(1 - 5 of 727 Results)Cycle time in hours to place a purchase order
Raw material inventory turns
Number of FTEs that perform the process "order materials and services" per $1 billion revenue
Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per $1 billion revenue
Number of active vendors in the master file per $1 million purchases
