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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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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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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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In an effort to improve effectiveness, many supply chain organizations are looking toward teamwork and collaboration, both internally and with external partners. They see the…
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Breaking Down Silos for Better Collaboration
Collaboration helps groups across an enterprise drive more sustainable process improvements, communicate more effectively with each other, and develop a more comprehensive…
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Bridging Divisions: Collaborating Across Silos
In this webinar recording, Elisabeth Swan, President of Swan Consulting and Associates Inc., share insights and inroads into what we can do as individuals to bridge the…
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APQC and Supply Chain Management Review conducted a quick poll of supply chain professionals on the state of working remotely before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic…
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This article looks specifically at the intersection between purpose of the organization’s analytics program and the analysis for select business functions. Each page in the…
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With the fast-paced nature of business and the ever-changing international political landscape, supply chain organizations must continuously evolve to keep up with shifting…