Resource Library
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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Idea Management and Innovation Approaches for Supply Chain
Almost every organization recognizes that it needs to transfer and reuse institutional knowledge, but many do not know where to start or how to select the best approach for a…
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Reports & White Papers|
Connected Product Development: Cross-Industry Practices Report
As part of ongoing research into product development and innovation, APQC has gathered information on the latest trends in connected product development. This report provides…
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Reports & White Papers|
New Product/Service Development Strategy: Cross-Industry Practices Report
As part of ongoing research into product development and innovation, APQC has gathered information on the latest trends in new product development strategy. This report…
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Reports & White Papers|
New Product/Service Development Process: Cross-Industry Practices Report
As part of ongoing research into product development and innovation, APQC has gathered information on the latest trends in new product development process. This report…
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Reports & White Papers|
New Product/Service Development Measurement: Cross-Industry Practices Report
As part of ongoing research into product development and innovation, APQC has gathered information on the latest trends in new product development measurement. This report…
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Reports & White Papers|
2024 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges: White Paper
In its 2024 Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research, APQC asked supply chain professionals about their expectations and trends for the year ahead. With…
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Supply Chain Preparedness in 2024
Each new year brings with it a new set of supply chain successes and challenges. In early 2024, APQC conducted its 10th annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and…
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Reports & White Papers|
2024 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges: Cross-Industry Report
APQC concluded its tenth annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research in early 2024. This report includes insights on organizations’ supply chain…
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Infographics|
Open Innovation Maturity and Supply Chain Success
Open innovation provides an opportunity for organizations to enhance their collaboration with supply chain partners within their business ecosystem. For some companies,…
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Reports & White Papers|
Ecosystems and Open Innovation: Co-Create or Stagnate
To move from aspiration to realization in an era of exponential technology, organizations must determine what business value they can derive from innovation with ecosystem…
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Tools & Templates|
Stage-Gate Business Case Editable Template
The purpose of this stage-gate business case editable template is to provide leadership with the information required to evaluate a new product or concept in context with…
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Tools & Templates|
Stage-Gate Process for Innovation and New Product Development
This guide explains the stage-gate process for innovation and new product and service development, including an example innovation process flow as well as the gates (i.e.,…
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Tools & Templates|
Stage-Gate Checklists for Gatekeepers
As new product/service ideas move through a stage-gate process, gatekeepers (decision-makers) must evaluate them after each stage, typically in a "gate" meeting. This set…
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Tools & Templates|
Stage-Gate Business Case Template
The purpose of this stage-gate business case template is to provide leadership with the information required to evaluate a new product or concept in context with other…
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Reports & White Papers|
2023 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges Survey Report
APQC concluded its ninth annual Supply Chain Management Priorities and Challenges research in early 2023. This survey report includes insights on organizations’ supply…