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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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Harnessing Tacit Knowledge as a Superpower
In this session, the Manufacturing Division (MMD) of Merck & Co., Inc. focuses on identifying, capturing, transferring, and sharing tacit knowledge. The organization's…
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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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Ulteig is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm that offers a full range of engineering/design, program management, technical services, and field services across the…
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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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An Interactive Conversation with 2020 Excellence in KM Recipients
In this two-hour web event, APQC’s Cindy Hubert, Darcy Lemons, and Lauren Trees facilitated three interactive conversations with leaders from high-achieving KM teams…
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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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Excellence in Knowledge Management at MITRE
The nonprofit MITRE Corporation operates seven federally funded research and development centers that provide its U.S. government sponsors with systems engineering, R&D, and…
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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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Excellence in Knowledge Management at Arup
Ove Arup & Partners (Arup) is a multinational professional services firm that provides engineering, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for all…
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Excellence in Knowledge Management at SNC-Lavalin
Professional services and project management company SNC-Lavalin achieved a Level 4 maturity on APQC's Knowledge Management (KM) Capability Assessment Tool at the enterprise…
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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…