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In a December 2019 webinar sponsored by Esker Inc. and drawing on cross-functional APQC research, Marisa Brown (Senior Principal Research Lead, Supply Chain Management at…
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Preparing to shift toward a data-driven culture—a change that has as much to do with people as it does with data—is, accordingly, largely a people-centric activity. This is…
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Rolling out Analytics Capabilities
In previous research on change management, Transformational Change—Making It Last, APQC found that the key components of managing or rolling out any change, especially one…
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There’s an old business adage, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” Best-practice organizations keep the emphasis on change objectives through targeted measures of…
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Being data driven has become something of a holy grail for modern organizations, and with good reason. According to a 2014 Economist Intelligence Unit survey of 362 global…
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In October of 2019, process and performance management professionals came together in Houston for APQC’s Annual Process and Performance Management Conference. This year’s…
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Government entities are known to be hierarchical, conservative, and characterized by silos. As such, it’s hard for government organizations to change. At APQC’s 2019 Process …
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What Sets Process Leaders Apart?
In a keynote panel discussion at APQC’s Process and Performance Management Conference, Jeff Varney, John Tesmer, Carla Zilka, and Paul Fjelsta discussed some of the most…
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Change management is more important than ever. With more than three-quarters of organizations embarking on a digital transformation, they need to address the resulting…
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Several years ago, Boone County Schools applied process and performance management principles to its operations department to generate over a million dollars in savings. Now,…
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When Dr. Todd Cramer started as its superintendent, the Maumee City School district had many areas that needed improvement. During APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…
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Preparing students for success after graduation does not need to come at the expense of academic excellence. In a presentation at APQC’s 2019 Process and Performance…
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Behavior change is a critical success factor for process improvement initiatives, but for Paul Fjelsta, far too many organizations go about the work of behavior change in the…
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Value Stream Mapping with the Vanguard Group
In The Vanguard Group’s old state, it was operating in business silos. It was a very inefficient process which led to multiple handoffs; a staggering 45 percent of work was…
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Simulation Modeling at the Port of Vancouver
Simulation modeling provides a risk-free, cost efficient mean of examining the operation of complex processes and test improvement ideas before they are implemented. During a…