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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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A primary reason APQC’s Process Classification Framework (PCF)® is the most used process framework in the world is its adaptability. The framework’s common language for…
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APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management Supporting Content and Best Practices
This resource guides you towards the best approach to improving your business process management with detailed definitions and process steps for each of APQC's Seven Tenets…
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End-to-End Process Benefits and Challenges
An end-to-end (E2E) process refers to a cross-functional process that comprises all the steps necessary to accomplish a specific business goal. Creating and mapping an E2E…
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While E2E processes carry many benefits, the work of creating, defining, and managing these processes is a challenge for many organizations—especially given their numerous,…
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Leveraging a process framework as a foundational pillar for business process management (BPM) is a best practice. Many organizations have adopted and adapted APQC’s Process…
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Getting Started with End-to-End Processes
Process frameworks and end-to-end process maps provide a standardized way for organizations to apply ownership and governance to their cross-functional processes and to…
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Process frameworks and end-to-end process maps provide a standardized way for organizations to apply ownership and governance to their cross-functional processes and to…
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As organizations increasingly structure their operations around end-to-end processes, the concept of global process owners (GPOs) has become key in managing business…
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Creating End-to-End Processes
An end-to-end understanding of work processes is critical for almost any aspect of managing business operations. In mapping out processes, organizations need to both…
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The most common way organizations use the PCF in their mapping efforts is as a reference list of processes to consider during their mapping—so they don’t have to start from…
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This article helps organizations understand how APQC’s process excellence assets and knowledge work together to empower process professionals. It includes a quick overview of…
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Process is the thread that connects the overall strategy and vision of an enterprise to the day-to-day operations of its members. But as an organization gets larger and more…
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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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No matter how smart and capable your employees are, they will struggle to work together effectively if they operate in silos. Process management helps organizations dismantle…
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To remain competitive, organizations must continuously benchmark and improve their processes. However, many struggle to get started with, prioritize, and execute process…