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KM Consulting in a Pharmaceutical Company
Novartis AG is a leading global medicine company based in Switzerland. The organization reported revenue of $50.5 billion in 2022, and its products reach nearly 800 million…
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Building a Collective Mindset: Operationalizing a Governance Structure for a Global Supply Chain Network
This case study outlines how to establish a central governance structure across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It is…
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This case study outlines how to establish trust and broker data-sharing agreements across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It…
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This case study details the rigorous process undertaken to select a software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology solution vendor to provide a supply chain control tower platform…
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Operational Excellence in an Era of Disruption - Responding to Uncertainty with Agility
Clinical development processes at AstraZeneca govern how they work to bring new medicines to patients as rapidly as possible. After dealing with thousands of long, complex,…
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APQC interviewed Steven Slate, Senior Process Analyst, and Chris Yardley, Team Leader of Business and Process Analysis, about PNNL’s process management journey. Read this…
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Leveraging Deep Knowledge Transfer at APQC
The Knowledge Management Capability Assessment Tool (KM CAT), one of APQC's flagship assessments, rates an organization’s capabilities and maturity in knowledge management…
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Launching the Right Quality Initiatives
With so many quality methodologies—like Lean, DMAIC, and Six Sigma—at your fingertips, how do you choose the right one for your organization? Paul Orton discusses how…
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is a nonprofit organization that develops scientific standards to help ensure the quality and safety of medicines, dietary supplements, and foods…
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Transformation in Order-to-Cash at HPE
APQC recently spoke with Anshuman Kar, Vice President, Global Operations, about HPE’s transformation journey for the quote-to-cash value chain. This case study summarizes how…
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Transformation in Order-to-Cash at Novartis AG
Novartis has recently been engaged in a large-scale effort to transform end-to-end processes across organizational barriers in order to improve the customer experience. APQC…
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Setting up An RPA Program at Mallinckrodt Pharma
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been a game-changer for the finance function, helping to reduce cycle times, save costs, and clear space for value-added analysis and…
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Designing a World Class Opportunity to Order Process
Cherwell Software needed a program to streamline manual and sometimes duplicative processes in place to convert a prospect to a customer. This overview describes Cherwell’s…
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Tips to Motivate Knowledge Sharing and Reuse
Every organization has its own combination of policies and incentives to convince employees to build knowledge sharing and reuse into the way they work. In this presentation,…
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Preparing for the Next Level of Financial Planning and Analysis: Abt Associates Inc. Case Study
Drawing from an interview conducted with Mike Powers, senior manager of treasury and risk, this case study presents an overview of Abt Associates' key FP&A processes,…