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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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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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Supply Chain Planning Practices: Cross-Industry
APQC conducts ongoing research on supply chain planning designed to help organizations assess the structure and performance of their own supply chain planning function…
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10 Steps to Get a KM Program Off the Ground
Speed to results is critical for any fledgling knowledge management program. The faster KM can switch from planning to execution and start delivering value to the business,…
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Swagelok founded a knowledge management (KM) program to increase knowledge sharing among its sales and service centers, but the initial effort did not have the right strategy…
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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 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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Using Knowledge-Sensitive Measures to Evaluate KM's Impact in STEM Disciplines
This white paper explains how STEM fields track knowledge acquisition and application and how knowledge management (KM) programs can align with this measurement approach to…
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Engagement & Employee Experience Survey Report: Retail and Wholesale Industry
Find out how organizations in the retail and wholesale industry are approaching engagement and the employee experience today. This industry-specific report, based on APQC's…
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How to Build KM into Daily Work: Make KM Intuitive, Embedded, and Easy
This whitepaper outlines five best practices to embed knowledge and KM activities in the natural flow of employees' work. The recommendations focus on targeting the right…
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Moving Beyond Budgets: Holt Cat Case Study
HOLT CAT is the authorized Caterpillar heavy equipment and engine dealer for 118 counties in South, Central, North, and East Texas. This case study discusses the…
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Trends in Data Analytics Survey Summary: Manufacturing Sector vs. Services Sector
In March 2019, APQC conducted a survey on the latest trends in data analytics to learn how enterprises are capturing business value from their analytics investments. This…