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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Tools & Templates|
Request for Proposal (RFP) Cost Template for a Supply Chain Control Tower
This request for proposal (RFP) cost template was provided to technology solution vendors who were interested in responding to a November 2017 RFP for the Global Family…
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Tools & Templates|
Request for Proposal (RFP) Solution Template for a Supply Chain Control Tower
This request for proposal (RFP) solution template was provided to technology solution vendors who were interested in responding to a November 2017 RFP for the Global Family…
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Request for Proposal (RFP) Addendum for a Supply Chain Control Tower
This template is an addendum to a Request for Proposal (RFP) that was issued in November 2017 for the Global Family Planning Visibility and Analytics Network (VAN)…
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Tools & Templates|
Supply Chain Control Tower Interface Specification and Guidelines
In order to capture, use, and share supply chain data across multiple sources and organizations, a control tower must integrate various systems and tools. This guide captures…
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Request for Proposal (RFP) Template for a Supply Chain Control Tower
This example Request for Proposal (RFP) wasissued in November 2017 to identify a technology solutions vendor for a control tower platform. A technology solution was needed to…
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Tools & Templates|
Example Data Use Rights Table for a Global Supply Chain Network Platform
This Data Use Rights Table is one of three components that make up the main legal framework of a multi-enterprise supply chain business network called the Global Family…
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Example Terms of Use for a Global Supply Chain Network Platform
This is an example legal framework that can be used across a supply chain network of different companies and organizations working together. It outlines the legal terms under…
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Reports & White Papers|
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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Tools & Templates|
KM Program Structure & Staffing Examples: Excellence in Knowledge Management Recipients
To date, APQC has recognized more than 20 mature KM programs as part of its Excellence in Knowledge Management initiative. The recognition is based on analysis from APQC’s KM…
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Reports & White Papers|
Evolving Practices in Enterprise Risk Management
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is the process by which organizations identify and manage a broad portfolio of significant risks in an integrated way. ERM is foundational…
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Reports & White Papers|
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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Reports & White Papers|
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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Reports & White Papers|
Best Practices for Knowledge Management Excellence: 2019
In 2019, APQC launched the Excellence in Knowledge Management Award to recognize mature, sustainable KM programs that are delivering significant value to their organizations…
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Reports & White Papers|
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…