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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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Effective customer service helps ensure that your customers are repeat buyers, your brand maintains a good reputation, and the money you invest in customer service is well…
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When leaders think about what they need most to improve their supply chain processes, soft skills like change management and collaboration may not come to mind immediately…
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APQC research consistently shows that a collaborative organizational culture leads to increased productivity, improved cycle times for business processes, and innovation. The…
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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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Collaboration is a cornerstone of supply chain success. Planning and managing supply chains involves stakeholders from multiple functions and geographic areas across and…
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The best-practice organizations in APQC’s Next-Generation Communities of Practice research use their communities to facilitate collaboration across geographic locations, thus…
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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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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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As part of the tenth annual Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges research, APQC surveyed supply chain professionals to identify where their organizations are investing…
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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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The complex nature of supply chain management requires collaboration and knowledge sharing across locations and functions, as well as with external partners. The chaos of the…
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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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The performance measure Actual Production Rate as a Percentage of the Maximum Capable Production Rate evaluates how well an organization is using its installed manufacturing…
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As manufacturing organizations navigate disruptions resulting from the global pandemic such as labor shortages and social distancing requirements, production is ramping back…
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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…