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In 2023, APQC recognized eight organizations for their level of maturity in Knowledge Management (KM). This recognition was based on evaluating their KM programs using APQC’s…
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Clean Electrification Maturity Model - Helping Electric Utilities Transform and Thrive in the New Energy Era
In these presentation slides, The Clean Electrification Maturity Model (CEMM), developed by IBM and APQC, identifies the key success factors that enable electric utilities to…
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Operational Excellence in an Era of Disruption - Responding to Uncertainty with Agility
Clinical development processes at AstraZeneca govern how they work to bring new medicines to patients as rapidly as possible. After dealing with thousands of long, complex,…
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As an organization grows over years, processes diverge. At APQC's 2022 Process and Knowledge Management Conference, AstraZeneca’s Business Process Manager Christopher Moriak…
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Sustainability in Industrial Products
Supply chain leaders are well-positioned to play a critical role in helping organizations achieve their sustainability goals, especially by virtue of their work with…
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Supplier risk is one of the biggest risk vectors organizations face today. Suppliers can expose a company to risk not only by failing to deliver materials or products on time…
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Given the reality of cybercrime and the threats that it poses to all organizations, cybersecurity has become an extremely important part of supplier risk management and…
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The energy and utility industry faces an unprecedented confluence of external forces. Market, environmental, geopolitical, regulatory, technical and technological, and socio…
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Supply chain disruption is especially devastating in the pharmaceutical industry. The timely and accurate delivery of the medicine that people’s lives depend on is only…
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Managing Complex Risk in Utilities
In early 2021, Winter Storm Uri caused one of the largest power blackouts ever in the United States. Whereas other regions are built to handle a seven-day hard freeze, this…
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Sales Forecasting in Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical companies have always faced unique challenges in forecasting due to high development costs, a complex regulatory environment, and shifting consumer trends…
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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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In order to engage the business and apply process practices that make a difference, we often must challenge the way people think about the way they execute work. To…
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For Alvaro Caamaño (Business Process Architect, Intel), setting up a business process management (BPM) framework is like building a house: Without the right foundations and a…
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Choosing the right quality methodologies is critical for organizations ability to mature their processes, think strategically, and grow their value. But how can organizations…