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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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Harnessing Tacit Knowledge as a Superpower
In this session, the Manufacturing Division (MMD) of Merck & Co., Inc. focuses on identifying, capturing, transferring, and sharing tacit knowledge. The organization's…
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Looking at Knowledge Management Through the Systems & Human Lenses: Can One Exist Without the Other?
During this session, participants discussed the delicate balance that success requires when implementing knowledge management initiatives, emphasizing the importance of human…
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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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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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Supply Chain Planning Practices: Cross-Industry
APQC conducts ongoing research on supply chain planning designed to help organizations assess the structure and performance of their own supply chain planning function…
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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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Meeting today’s business goals while trying to achieve tomorrow’s sustainability goals is no easy task. However, some organizations have figured out a way to grow their…
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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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Retail data is a crucial input for supply chain professionals as they work to deal with the challenges of today and plan for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow…
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Partnering with Rutgers University at APQC
In 2021, APQC partnered with Rutgers University to engage undergraduate and graduate-level supply chain management students in real-world research. Through this experience,…
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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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Improving Inventory Management in Retail
Inventory management is always a delicate balance, and now, it’s more important than ever to get that balance right. In this article, you will learn about inventory…
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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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10 Steps to Get a KM Program Off the Ground
Speed to results is critical for any fledgling knowledge management program. The faster KM can switch from planning to execution and start delivering value to the business,…
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From APQC’s Sourcing and Procurement Blueprint for Success, this article details the benefits of applying a fully standardized commodity coding system. These findings are…