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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Now in the Resource Library: Process and Performance Management
This report provides an overview of recently released content in APQC's Resource Library, and upcoming research. Topics include business process management, benchmarking,…
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Benchmarking Scope Document Template
This scoping template can be used as organizations scope a project and record their plan for benchmarking. It complements APQC's article Scoping a Benchmarking Study.The …
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Beyond Kaizen: Olympus' Inspiring Case Study on Driving Operational Excellence
In this webinar, GBTEC shares a captivating case study on the reinvention of Operational Excellence, where Stromberg and Geising-Eggers share transformative strategies that…
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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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What to Expect in Process and Performance Management in 2024
APQC's process and performance management research team conducted its annual survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of practitioners in 2024. The survey…
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APQC's Seven Tenets of Process Management Supporting Content and Best Practices
This resource guides you towards the best approach to improving your business process management with detailed definitions and process steps for each of APQC's Seven Tenets…
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APQC's Measurement Alignment Worksheet
For measurement to provide real value, an organization must ensure that its measures align with both the strategic goals of the business and employees’ daily work. APQC's…
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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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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Template
With highly technical processes, systems and technologies have multiple failure modes. How can it fail? What can go wrong with it? Have you ever looked at that systems view…
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How to Leverage APQC's KM Maturity Assessment
In this webinar, APQC's Darcy Lemons and Lynda Braksiek provide an overview of APQC's Knowledge Management Capability Assessment Tool and the process for getting started…
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What to Expect in Process and Performance Management in 2023
At the close of 2022, APQC's process and performance management group conducted its annual survey to understand the common challenges and priorities of practitioners in 2023…
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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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Technology Implementation Success Starts With Your Process Team
APQC’s Principal Research Lead, Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland, discusses how process teams support technology implementation and why 3 key stakeholders need to work together and the…
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What are Process Strategic Initiatives?
APQC’s Principal Research Lead, Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland discusses what process strategic initiatives mean and what’s processes roll in them. Strategic planning is a systematic…