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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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To remain competitive, organizations must continuously benchmark and improve their processes. However, many struggle to get started with, prioritize, and execute process…
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What to Expect in 2022
At the close of 2021, APQC's process and performance management group conducted its annual survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of practitioners in 2022…
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As leaders look to the road ahead, many recognize that effective organizational performance management will be ever-more critical. In this article, you will learn about the…
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2020 was a rough year on all levels. Many aspirations, project plans, and budgets were either put on hold or reprioritized. However, a new year brings new hope. And as we…
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Achieving Benchmarking Excellence at Boeing
Benchmarking is one of the most effective steps toward process and performance improvement, but can be an incredibly challenging endeavor in an organization as complex as The…
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Benchmarking: Two Tales of Success
Benchmarking is perhaps the most effective process and performance improvement tool—but it only works if you use it. In this session, Boeing and EY will share how they worked…
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Too often, counselors, social workers, and other support staff are burdened with excessive paperwork and administrivia that prevents them from focusing on what really matters…
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Giving Counselors and Support Staff Some Love
In this session, Adeeb Barqawi discussed how a large school district ensured that its support staff spent less time on paperwork and more time on what is most important,…
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The Next 90 Days: Educators' Panel Discussion
There are still many uncertainties around COVID-19, ranging from its economic impact to how organizations build resiliency and plan for the future. As part of APQC’s 2020…
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Benchmarking Code of Conduct
This internationally accepted standard provides detailed guidelines for organizations in conducting their benchmarking activities. Adherence to APQC's code of conduct…
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What is Benchmarking?
Following a rigorous process is essential to any successful benchmarking program. This article explains APQC's approach to benchmarking, detailing APQC's four-phased…
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Developing good benchmarking partnerships is crucial to continued improvement. This article presents the steps you can take to ensure that you can find benchmarking partners…
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Normalizing Benchmarking Data
For comparisons to be meaningful, benchmarking data must be contextualized, or "normalized." This article explains how this is done using an example and discusses the…
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This article presents six steps an organization should take to ensure that benchmarking efforts support strategic objectives, along with tools to help structure improvement…
