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Each year, APQC surveys process and performance management (PPM) professionals to understand their common challenges and priorities for the year. In advance of the 2024…
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Each year, APQC surveys process and performance management (PPM) professionals to understand their common challenges and priorities for the year. In advance of the 2024…
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Benchmarking your organization’s customer service function is critical for finding improvement opportunities, discovering trends over time, and more. But choosing the right…
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Process Audit Fundamentals
This article outlines the key components of an effective process audit, the most important considerations for each stage of the audit, and gives concrete recommendations for…
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A recent webinar with APQC's Hubert, Braksiek, and Lundquist presented insights from the 2023 conference and discussed future research topics. The session focused on the…
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Combining KM and process management can optimize work processes, leading to improved quality, consistency, faster problem-solving, and reduced frustration. However, few…
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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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How To Use APQC’s KM-CAT
APQC's Knowledge Management Capability Assessment Tool (KM-CAT) enables organizations to evaluate their knowledge management maturity level and identify opportunities for…
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Expert Advice on Change Management
In an environment where change is happening at an ever-increasing rate, knowledge and process management professionals have an important role to play in helping organizations…
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In a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) business landscape, every supply chain organization faces at least some amount of risk. Disruptions to any link in the…
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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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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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In today’s complex organizations, it can be difficult to understand where inefficiencies stem from and how performance can be enhanced. The use of “process improvement” as an…
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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…