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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Benchmarking: Quick Reference Guide
This guide provides a brief overview of APQC’s benchmarking methodology, tools, resources, and templates.
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2024 Process & Performance Management Priorities & Challenges Survey Report
APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners for 2024.This report explores trends in…
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Interactive Finance Organization Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking Finance Organization survey, this interactive diagnostic in Excel can help you compare your finance function's…
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Benchmarking and Improvement Tools
This is an APQC guide with models, techniques, diagrams, charts, and guides that organizations can use in their benchmarking and process improvement efforts. These include…
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Evolution of Benchmarking: A Supply Chain Perspective
Benchmarking has been and continues to be one of the most popular management tools. There is a critical need to look towards the future and understand how it will continue to…
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Automate to Elevate: Unlocking the Value Potential of AI-Powered Process Mining
A new era in digitally powered process improvement is here, fueled by a combination of rapidly advancing AI and improved access to the enormous enterprise resource planning …
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Boundless Benchmarking: Revolutionizing Business Models With Open Standards
Benchmarking continues its reign as one of the most popular and effective management tools used. Even great management tools cannot stand still and must evolve if they are to…
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Benchmarking 2022: Evolution of Strategic Value Survey Report
Today, benchmarking remains one of the most popular management tools. But even great management tools like benchmarking cannot stand still and need to look towards the future…
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2021 Process and Performance Management Priorities and Challenges Survey Report
In December of 2020, APQC conducted a survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management (PPM) practitioners. This report…
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Survey Design Checklist
Effective surveys take meticulous attention to detail. However, a well-designed survey helps provide reliable and actionable insights for your research project or…
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APQC's Benchmarking Project Plan Template (Excel Template)
Organizations can fill out this template as they plan new benchmarking projects. It provides guidance for writing a benchmarking value proposition, determining measures and…
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Organizational Readiness Assessment for Benchmarking (Excel Template)
Is your organization prepared to undertake a benchmarking initiative? Complete this assessment to determine what foundational elements need to be in place to begin new…
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APQC's Benchmarking Alignment Worksheet (Excel Template)
For benchmarking to truly benefit an organization, benchmarking projects must align with organizational strategy and be connected with actual work. APQC's Benchmarking…
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APQC's Benchmarking Alignment Worksheet
For benchmarking to truly benefit an organization, benchmarking projects must align with organizational strategy and be connected with actual work. APQC's Benchmarking…
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Scoping a Benchmarking Study (Excel Template)
The following document template can be used to scope the project and record the plan for benchmarking or as a starting place for creating such documentation. Note: This is…